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Sinking front steps are the first thing every visitor sees — and a genuine hazard every time someone carries groceries up them. Porches and stoops settle because they sit on backfilled soil next to the foundation, the loosest dirt on the whole property. Jack It Up raises settled steps and porch slabs back into position without demolition.
Builders backfill the soil around a new foundation, and that fill keeps compacting for a decade. Steps and stoops poured on top slowly rotate and sink away from the door — opening a gap at the house, tilting treads, and throwing off the riser heights that feet expect.
Rebuilding a stoop costs thousands and takes days. We inject foam beneath the settled unit and rotate it back against the house, re-leveling treads and closing the gap at the door — typically in a couple of hours.
Uneven risers are a leading cause of falls at home entries. A leveled porch fixes the hazard, seals out water at the foundation joint, and instantly upgrades how the whole entry looks.
Yes — monolithic concrete steps and stoops are ideal candidates. We lift the whole unit as one piece and set it back tight against the house.
Usually. That gap is classic backfill settlement. We rotate the porch back toward the structure and seal the joint so water stops getting in.
Almost immediately — the foam reaches most of its strength within about 15 minutes of injection.
