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Repair, Don't Replace Your Sunken Concrete
Lift your settled concrete back to a safer, more even position with A‑1's ControlLevel™ system, available throughout Charleston and the surrounding areas.

Based in Charleston, your A‑1 team is the exclusive provider of the ControlLevel™ system, lifting settled slabs around Cross Lanes, Big Chimney and Sissonville and the surrounding areas back to a safer, more even position without the cost and disruption of tear-out and replacement.
Name: A‑1 Concrete Leveling Charleston
Serving: Charleston, WV and the surrounding areas
Phone: (304) 347-9700
Email: steve.a.one@gmail.com
Hours: 8am–4pm weekdays
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Not sure whether your concrete can be lifted? A‑1 raises common residential and commercial concrete surfaces, including:
ControlLevel is an excellent option for lifting concrete in many situations, but not all. Your local A‑1 Charleston experts will tell you exactly what you need, and how much it could cost, with your free, on-site estimate.
How A-1 Lifts Settled Concrete
ControlLevel™ is A‑1's standard for concrete lifting, refined since 1982. With specialized equipment, a limestone-based stone slurry, and trained technicians ControlLevel gives A‑1 Charleston greater control over the flow of material and the pace of the lift, for maximum precision and minimum disruption.

Raise settled concrete to a safer, more even position with A‑1's exclusive ControlLevel™ System.

Polyurethane foam leveling, also called polyjacking, for select projects. A‑1 chooses the best method for your concrete.

Stabilize and support settling foundations. Ask your local A‑1 team about foundation repair options.
Save up to 70% vs. replacement
Across A‑1 locations, most residential ControlLevel™ jobs cost $1,100 to $1,500.
Your price depends on the size of the area, the void beneath it, and how far the slab has dropped. Get your exact number with a free, on-site estimate from A‑1 Charleston.
Eco-friendly, limestone-based stone slurry
(a mineral mix, batched on site)
Decades
Settling that has not stopped will move any repair.
High compressive strength
The slurry fills the void it flows into. Support ends up even across the slab.
$1,100–$1,500
Across A‑1 locations (up to 70% less than replacement)
Low
The material is adjusted in real time for maximum precision
Walk on it right away
Drive within 24 hours
Expanding polyurethane foam
(often a two-part synthetic resin)
Decades
The same rule applies to any leveling method.
Depends on the fill
Foam expands unpredictably and may not fill the whole void, which leaves unsupported spots.
$1,350–$2,250
Medium
Foam can be unpredictable, expanding after it's injected
Ready in about an hour
A‑1 Charleston is a service-area business that comes to you, including Kanawha City, Teays Villa and Millertown, and along the routes that connect them: Interstate 64, U.S. Route 60 and West Virginia Highway 25.
So much of life in Charleston happens outdoors: birthday parties, cookouts, family dinners on the patio, and days out at places like the West Virginia State Capitol, the Criel Mound and Charleston Town Center. Your own driveway and patio should be as safe as the places around them, so A‑1 levels uneven concrete before a small trip hazard becomes a bigger problem.

ZIP codes served: 25177
ZIP codes served: 25303, 25309
Putnam County
ZIP codes served: 25526, 25560
Kanawha County
ZIP codes served: 25312, 25320
Putnam County
ZIP codes served: 25070
Putnam County
ZIP codes served: 25213
Kanawha County
ZIP codes served: 25177, 25202
Kanawha County
ZIP codes served: 25302
Kanawha County
ZIP codes served: 25064, 25112
Sunken concrete in areas like Tornado or Institute usually starts below the surface: the soil beneath a slab shifts, erodes, or can no longer support it evenly. Water can enter through open joints, cracks, and slab edges. As it moves through the ground, soil may soften or wash away, leaving empty spaces beneath the concrete. Without consistent support, part of the slab begins sinking. Seasonal freezing and thawing can add movement as moisture in the soil freezes, expands, and later thaws. Drainage problems, poorly compacted fill, tree roots, and burrowing animals may also contribute.
A large portion of the Charleston area is hillside loam, a hillside soil that creeps and washes on slopes more than it swells. Add the freeze-thaw cycles the Allegheny Plateau sees each winter, and slab edges are especially prone to settling.
While the causes of sunken and damaged concrete are pretty similar across the greater Charleston area, what you're seeing may be completely different than someone up the road. Request a free on-site estimate from A‑1 today to best understand what you're dealing with, the potential costs, and your options.
Climate figures: NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 Normals.
Get to know your local concrete repair and maintenance experts!
Owner
Owner
Steve is the owner of A-1 Concrete Leveling Charleston. He knows just what it takes to level any concrete slab back to its original beauty and safety. When he quotes a job, you should feel assured that he will evaluate your particular needs and offer the absolute best option for repair. He doesn't believe in one-size-fits-all solutions.
Office Manager
Office Manager
Samantha is often the voice you will hear on the other end of the line when you call in for your free estimate. She knows the ins and outs of the entire organization at A-1 Charleston. If you need something done. She's the one to make it happen.
Super
Super
JB is A-1 Lexington's concrete leveling expert. He's been with the company since 2001, so he understands intimately how concrete slabs move, and what it takes to get them back in the right place. If he is on your job, you know it’ll be done right.
Truck Crew
Truck Crew
Tony has been with A-1 Charleston since 2018. He can most often be found on the back of the truck making sure everything is running smoothly so your concrete can be lifted back into place perfectly.
A‑1 Concrete Leveling. A‑1 raises settled driveways, sidewalks, patios, steps, garage floors, and pool decks back to level with the ControlLevel stone-slurry system or foam leveling, whichever suits your slab, typically for far less than replacement. One local crew serves Charleston and the surrounding areas, with free on-site estimates.
For qualifying projects, leveling can save up to 70% compared to replacement. Across A‑1 locations, most jobs fall between $1,100 and $1,500. For the accurate number in Charleston, request a free, on-site estimate from A‑1 Charleston today.
They're different tools. Mudjacking-style leveling pumps a natural slurry beneath the slab; foam injects an expanding synthetic. A‑1's ControlLevel™ system gives the technician live control of the lift. A‑1 Charleston offers both and will recommend the right one for your slab.
Mudjacking is the traditional name for lifting concrete by pumping material beneath it. ControlLevel™ is A‑1's modern version: a limestone slurry, specialized equipment, and a slow, controlled lift.
Raising settled concrete back to a safer, more even position without tearing it out. Also called concrete lifting, mudjacking, slabjacking, or raising.
Small holes are drilled in the slab, material is pumped beneath to fill the voids, and the slab is guided back to position. With ControlLevel™, the technician monitors and adjusts the entire lift.
Most repairs can last for the life of your concrete. Longevity depends on the conditions beneath the slab, drainage, and upkeep like caulking and sealing.
If the slab is still solid, leveling usually wins: a fraction of the cost, done in a day. If it's crumbling or structural, replacement is the honest answer, and we'll tell you.
Yes. A‑1 Charleston offers polyurethane foam leveling, also called polyjacking, for select projects. Foam and ControlLevel™ are different approaches suited to different site and slab conditions.
Usually the adjoining property owner, but rules vary by city. Check your city's sidewalk program; if the repair is yours, A‑1 can level it for far less than replacement.
Often, yes. Frozen ground can limit some lifts, but many projects run year-round. Your local crew will tell you what your slab needs.
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