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Why Driveways Sink in Albuquerque (and How to Tell If Yours Can Be Lifted)
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Wet winters, poor drainage and expansive clay soils and loose construction fill cause most residential driveway settlement along the Rio Grande valley. Here's how to spot the cause — and whether lifting is right for your slab.
Most sinking driveways in Albuquerque share three culprits: water, soil and time. When the ground beneath a slab loses volume — from erosion, from decomposing organic material left during construction, or from soil compaction — the slab loses support and begins to drop.
The good news is that in the vast majority of residential driveways, the concrete itself is still structurally sound. The problem is underneath. That's exactly the situation concrete lifting is designed for: instead of demolishing a perfectly usable slab, a specialty contractor fills the void beneath it and raises the concrete back to level.
Not every slab qualifies. Deeply cracked, spalled or crumbling concrete is usually a replacement job. But a slab that has settled evenly, or tilted at one edge, with only hairline cracks along control joints, is almost always a candidate for lifting.
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