Interior Sinking Floor Restored in Closter, NJ

Friday, July 1st, 2016 by Sarah Gozick

Challenge

A property owner in Closter, New Jersey noticed that the floor in her basement was sinking. The windows were sticking and hard to open. Worse yet, the fireplace was cracking and separating due to the uneven floor below it. Looking for a solution she called Quality 1st Basement Systems to find out the best solution for her home. Basement specialist Michael Jersey visited the property and discussed with the property owner how it could be fixed, secured, and kept safe.

Solution

Quality 1st Basement Systems injected PolyLevel underneath the sinking floor. PolyLevel is an expandable polyeurethane foam that is injected underneath the sinking concrete. Concrete often sinks because there is a void underneath. With nothing to support the heavy concrete, it will sink and cause a tripping hazard. The foam expands and fills the void, lifting up the slab back into place. PolyLevel can be used internally to fix basement floors as well at outside for driveways, sidewalks or pool patios. PolyLevel only requires a penny sized hole in the floor for injection, which is then covered up and hidden from view. The low profile solution is perfect for finished basements. After it is injected, there is minimal wait time for PolyLevel to cure. After just 30 minutes it reaches 90% rigidity. Since it is so fast acting, PolyLevel can be walked over in mere minutes. Mudjacking is expensive, messy, and takes much longer. PolyLevel is clean and enviornmentally safe.

The floor in this basement is now level and supported with PolyLevel. PolyLevel is lightweight so the concrete will not sink again. The fireplace is no longer separating or cracked. This home is now restored and safer with PolyLevel. Sinking concrete does not fix itself, it is important to fix problems the right way, with the right products.