Concrete repair
Cracked, chipped, flaking or broken concrete on your driveway, walk, steps or slab, fixed after we find what broke it. Call and we come out, look at the damage and quote the whole repair before any work starts.
Free, no-obligation estimates. We answer the phone or call back the same working day.
The short answer
Sophisticated Concrete repairs cracked, spalled and broken concrete in Kenosha for homes and businesses, and every repair starts with finding the cause of the damage.
A crack or a broken edge is the symptom. Ground movement, a base that gave way, salt, or rust in the steel underneath is the cause, and a patch that ignores it opens again along the same line. So we look first, tell you plainly what we found, then fix both.
What we fix
We seal cracks, rebuild spalled areas and broken edges, and replace the panels that are past patching. Here are the repairs we make, one per line.
Crack sealing
Hairline cracks on a level, sound slab get sealed to keep water out of them, not torn out and replaced.
Spalling repair
Chipped and broken-away surface, the trade's "spalling", is cut back to sound concrete and rebuilt.
Scaling repair
Flaking, pitted, sandy surfaces, called "scaling" and usually left by de-icing salt, repaired once the slab under them checks out sound.
Edge and joint damage
On shop and warehouse floors, a broken joint is rebuilt with a high-strength material, then filled with a semi-rigid joint filler.
Steps and stoops
Crumbling step noses and broken corners cut back to a clean face and rebuilt, so the step is safe underfoot again.
Panel replacement
A panel that is past patching is cut out at its joints and poured new, leaving the sound panels around it in place.
Why we look first
A patch over corroding rebar or over a crack that runs the full depth of the slab fails along the same line, so we fix the cause first and the surface second.
That is the difference between a repair that holds and one you pay for twice. The guidelines of the International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI) cover the same order of work: evaluate the deteriorated concrete, prepare the surface, then choose the repair method.
If what we find is bigger than a patch, we say so before you spend anything on one.
Rust in the steel
Patching over corroding rebar traps the corrosion, and it keeps expanding under the new material until the patch pops.
A crack that goes all the way through
We check how far down the crack runs before we decide how deep to cut, so the repair reaches as deep as the damage does.
Structural concrete
Concrete that carries a structure needs an engineer's evaluation before a repair method is chosen, and we tell you when yours does.
How a repair runs
We find the cause, sound the slab for hollow spots, saw-cut the damaged area to clean edges and fill it with repair material. From your call to the finished repair, it runs in this order.
Tell us what the concrete is doing and where, and we set a time to come and look at it.
We read the crack size and direction and look for rust stains, ground movement and chemical damage.
"Sounding" the surface finds "delamination", the hollow spots that look intact from above, before we quote.
The damaged area is saw-cut to clean vertical faces, never feathered thin at the edges where a patch lets go.
The cut-out is filled with repair material and finished to meet the concrete around it, and we clean up when we are done.
What it costs
A concrete repair is priced by the area and the depth of the damage, and grouping several repairs into one visit lowers the cost of each.
Setting up, bringing the saw and mixing material cost about the same for one patch as for several, so on small quantities that setup is most of the price. If you have a cracked step, a spalled corner and a sunken walk panel, have us look at all of them on the same visit.
We quote the whole job before we start, with no surprise charges after.
The estimate is free and comes from the site visit, not the phone.
Typical Wisconsin figures
Statewide typical prices for concrete repair in Wisconsin, not a quote. Your price depends on how much is damaged, how deep it goes and what caused it.
Google reviews
Our Google reviews, as written by the people who left them.
Sophisticated Concrete did a fantastic job on my driveway! The team was on time and professional, completing the project exactly as promised. The quality of their work was impeccable, and they offered great prices too. I am extremely satisfied with the outcome and would highly recommend them to anyone in need of concrete services. Great work Mike I will definitely be recommended you with all friends and family’s !!
I recently had the pleasure of working with Sophisticated Concrete for my driveway and side walks, and I couldn't be happier with the results. They did an amazing job, exceeding all my expectations. The team was incredibly punctual, arriving right on time and completing everything perfectly. Not only was the workmanship top-notch, but their prices were also very reasonable. I highly recommend Sophisticated Concrete for anyone looking for high-quality concrete work. Thank you so much Mike it was a pleasure.
Great work, very detailed and great price. I would recommend to anyone looking to get concrete work done!!! Great company overall.
Where we work
We do concrete repair across Kenosha and in the nearby towns our service area lists, in Kenosha County and just past it.
A job past that footprint is a question for the call, and we will tell you straight whether we can take it.
What you can hold us to
Next to repair
The answers below sit right next to concrete repair, and each one points to the page that answers it in full.
You should repair a slab that is mostly sound, and widespread failure calls for a new pour. Sounding the slab for hollow spots is how we tell which one you have.
Repair or Replace ConcreteCracks can come back when the movement that caused them keeps going, which is why the joints and the base matter. All concrete cracks eventually, but a slab on a poor base cracks much sooner.
Why Concrete CracksA sound slab that has sunk can be lifted back into place instead of being repaired or replaced. It has to be a panel that dropped rather than heaved up, and then it rises without tearing anything out.
concrete levelingFAQ
Find the cause first, then fix it at the right depth. We sound the slab for hollow spots, saw-cut the damaged area to clean vertical edges rather than feathering a patch thin, and fill it with repair material. Hairline cracks on a level, sound slab need crack sealing, not replacement.
Yes, that is an "overlay", a new top layer bonded to the old slab, and it works only over a structurally sound slab. Active cracks underneath "telegraph" back up through it, so we check the slab before we recommend one. Most of the price of resurfacing is the surface preparation, not the overlay material.
In Wisconsin, crack repair typically runs about $15 per linear foot, and replacing a 100 sq ft section typically runs about $1,836. Your price is set by the area and depth of the damage, and grouping repairs into one visit lowers the cost of each. Our guide to concrete cost covers what else moves the price.
The one that matches the damage. A hairline crack gets a crack sealer, and a broken joint on a shop or warehouse floor is rebuilt with a high-strength material, then filled with a semi-rigid joint filler. If salt, rust or a moving base did the damage, we deal with that first so the new material has something sound to hold to.
Tell us what the slab is doing. We come out, find what caused it and quote the whole repair before any work starts.
We quote the whole job before we start, with no surprise charges after.
