Mid-century homes, aging concrete.
Roosevelt sits on the hill east of Interstate 5, a solid neighborhood of mostly 1950s to 1970s homes, ranches and split-levels on glacial till. The houses themselves are sound, but the concrete that came with them is now fifty to seventy years old, and that's the work we get called for: cracked and spalling garage slabs, driveways that have heaved and broken up, and patios and walkways ready for replacement.
Most of our Roosevelt jobs are flatwork and slab replacement. We tear out the old cracked garage slab and re-pour it over a real subbase and vapor barrier so it stops sweating and spalling, replace driveways and aprons with proper grading and control joints, and pour new patios and walkways. Now and then a mid-century home here has a corner that's settled and needs a foundation re-level, which we handle along with the drainage that caused it.
Common home styles
1950s to 1970s ranches and split-levels on the hill, with attached garages and the original driveways and flatwork now reaching the end of their life.
Soil and water
Glacial till on the hill east of I-5, generally stable, but seasonal moisture still works on old slabs poured without a vapor barrier and on driveways that were never graded to drain.