Concrete leveling in Cedar Falls, Iowa
Lifting and leveling for Cedar Falls homes, from older streets near campus to newer subdivisions on the edges of town.
Cedar Falls sits just upstream from Waterloo on the Cedar River and had 40,713 residents in 2020. It was first settled in 1845 as Sturgis Falls, later merged with Cedar City, and used river waterpower to become a milling town before the Civil War. Today it's home to the University of Northern Iowa.
Landlords and owner-occupants alike
In a college town, both landlords and people who live in their homes end up with concrete to fix. Landlords often want trip hazards on walks and steps dealt with quickly, since tenants and guests use them every day. Owner-occupants are just as likely to ask about a patio tilting toward the house or a driveway that dropped at the garage.
Check Cedar Falls rules, not Waterloo's
Cedar Falls is its own city, with its own permits and sidewalk rules. Waterloo's zone inspection program doesn't apply here. If your project touches the public sidewalk, curb or driveway approach, ask the City of Cedar Falls what permit is needed before work starts.
Typical Cedar Falls requests
- Raising walks and steps at rental properties
- Foam lifting under garage floors
- Patios that send water toward the basement
- Driveway sections that heaved and settled after winter
Common questions
Do you cover Cedar Falls?
Yes. Call with your address and we'll pass your request to a contractor that works in Cedar Falls.
I'm a landlord. Can the contractor meet a tenant on site?
That's between you and the contractor. Many will schedule around tenants if you set it up when you call.
Services in Cedar Falls
- Polyurethane foam concrete levelingLift sunken slabs with expanding foam through small holes. Light, fast to set, and ready to use soon after.
- Mudjacking (slabjacking)Raise heavy, simple slabs with a pumped cement slurry. The long-standing method, and often the lower-cost one.
- Sidewalk leveling and city noticesLift or replace public sidewalk panels the City of Waterloo flagged during its zone inspection.
- Driveways, garage floors, steps and patiosLevel driveway slabs, garage floors and aprons, front steps, stoops and patios that tipped or dropped.
- Joint sealing and crack repairSeal joints and cracks so snowmelt and rain can't wash out the base and start the sinking again.
Nearby areas
Sidewalk flagged in the city's zone inspection, or a garage slab that keeps dropping?
Call the number above and an independent Waterloo-area concrete lifter can come measure it and quote the fix.