Concrete Leveling in West Allis
A factory town's tight bungalow grid, built on ground that was filled and graded a century ago.
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West Allis grew up around Allis-Chalmers, and it grew fast — block after block of worker cottages and bungalows on narrow lots, laid out in the first decades of the twentieth century. Speed and scale are wonderful for building a city and hard on the ground underneath it. Much of the flatwork here sits on fill and grading placed well before modern compaction practice, including cinder and ash fill in the neighborhoods closest to the old industrial corridor.
That material keeps consolidating. It is the reason so many West Allis walks and drives have a gentle roll to them rather than one dramatic drop, and the reason sidewalk trip hazards are so widespread in the blocks off Greenfield and National.
Tight lots, narrow drives, alley garages
West Allis's lot pattern shapes the work. Driveways are long, narrow, and often shared or nearly touching the neighbor's. Detached garages sit at the back off the alley, with an apron that takes every vehicle load and every bit of runoff coming down the drive. Aprons drop and pull away from the garage slab, leaving the lip that catches a bumper — one of the most common calls in this city.
Narrow access is exactly where lifting outperforms replacement. There is often no practical way to get demolition equipment and a concrete truck into a back-lot garage apron without tearing up the drive to reach it. A lift runs hose down the side of the house and works in place.
Around State Fair Park, the seasonal traffic load adds its own wear — parking on grass and aprons that were never built for it accelerates whatever settlement was already underway.
Common questions
My garage apron dropped and my car scrapes. Is that fixable?
That is one of the most routine lifts we do here. The apron is raised back flush with the garage slab and the joint is sealed so runoff stops going underneath it.
Is my driveway too narrow to work on?
Almost certainly not. The equipment stays on the street or the drive and the work happens through the slab itself, so tight side yards and shared drives are not an obstacle.
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