[dayhiker]

I talked with my contact. He apprenticed at the company that developed the mud jacking process. It's common to jack up driveways that settle due to freeze/thaw in the north, but over time it will eventually settle. He said the newer way to do it is to use cement instead of silt in the slurry which sets up and prevents the settlement. Learn something new everyday.

[Susan P]

Today we go to City court, when Bert is going to try to get his final payment, and we are asking for full restitution. I have photos of what it looked like before any cleaning of the stones was done, and it's hideous. Some of the stones were actually buried in mortar. We are going to put a concrete paver patio over this and are going to be VERY careful about who does it. I'll write with the results. I'm bringing in copies of two estimates; one to lay a patio over the existing; and a second to rip it out and start fresh.

[Nebraska]

My brother owns the premier mudjacking company in our area....They use a mixture of ag lime and and portland. All their work is raising sunken concrete slabs from small walkway sections, large driveway sections, and major voids. This is not an application for the mudjacking process. Midwest Mudjacking, Inc. - Experts at Raising and Stabilizing Concrete!

[Susan P]

Went to court yesterday....as expected, Bert blamed the poor job on our "old, dirty, uneven stones". Of course at the time he was pitching the job to us, he said our stones were fine. I asked him how much he pitched our patio, he said 1/4 inch. He testified because you put furniture on it, you can't pitch it anymore. He used a 2x4 to measure the pitch as he was laying the flagstone. He lied about how much time he spent on the job and insists he did a good job. I hope the judge takes a good look at all of the photographs and decides in our favor. We've paid him $1,725 and his materials cost him $450. He paid his 70-yr. worker nothing (yeah, right.)