Concrete Repair in Lorena, TX
Concrete repair in Lorena, TX from Waco Elite Concrete starts with how the slab was built, its thickness, its joints and any steel inside it, before cracks are filled or broken sections are cut out and poured again.
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Joints, steel and depth decide the fix
In Census Bureau survey estimates for 2020–2024, 262 of Lorena's 642 housing units, about 41%, date from before 1980 (the margins are wide). Every slab moves. Concrete shrinks and swells as moisture and temperature change and flexes under load, and the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association warns that cracks can occur where design and construction don't allow for that movement.
Joints give the movement somewhere to go. The association puts contraction joints about ¼ to ⅓ of the slab's thickness deep and 24 to 36 times the thickness apart, with 15 feet often recommended as the maximum. Steel does a different job: mesh and rebar won't stop a slab cracking, but in the right position they keep cracks narrower, and a cover of at least 2 inches shields the bars from salt and moisture, so rust can't swell and crack the slab.
A worn but sound surface may need only a new wearing surface, and a panel that has simply dropped may suit slab lifting instead. Every Lorena service sits on one page.
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(254) 309-9254Repairing a damaged slab
Sound and measure
Cracks are measured, hollow spots are found, and the cause of the damage is looked for.
Cut back to sound concrete
Damaged areas are marked in simple shapes, saw-cut and broken out down to solid material.
Fill, patch or pour again
Cracks are filled, spalls patched, or a broken section is poured again with its joints put back.
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(254) 309-9254Tear-out, cutting and removal prices
When a repair turns into partial replacement, these national figures for 2025 cover the cutting, breaking out and new concrete. They are averages, not our prices.
- Tear out and replace a slab
- $8 to $18 a sq ft
- Removal with disposal
- $3 to $8 a sq ft
- Extra for reinforced concrete
- $1 to $3 a sq ft
- Concrete cutting
- $5 to $15 a linear ft
- Cutting minimum
- $125 to $400
National prices, 2025. Averages, not a quote.
Before a broken slab is fixed
Does Lorena's permit list cover concrete repairs?
The list takes in all concrete work, drives, walks, porches and patios among it, without setting repairs apart from new pours. Ask City Hall before the job goes on the calendar.
How deep can a partial-depth patch go?
Only through the upper third of the pavement, in Federal Highway Administration guidance, and never so deep that the repair material would reach dowel bars. Damage that runs deeper calls for full-depth work.
How is hollow concrete found before a patch?
By sounding it. The American Concrete Institute's field guide for spall repair, which covers exterior slabs on ground, starts by sounding the concrete to find hollow areas, then marks simple repair shapes and saw-cuts the edges no deeper than the cover over the steel.
Have a cracked Lorena slab looked at, free
Choose repair from the job list, give us a phone or email, and tell us about the cracks once we get back to you. Replies come 24/7, and looking costs nothing.