Concrete Repair & Resurfacing in Pasadena

Pasadena is built on old concrete. Craftsman bungalows, mid-century ranches and the pre-war commercial buildings around Colorado Boulevard all sit on slabs that have had decades to crack, spall and settle. Repairing that slab and resurfacing it costs far less than tearing it out and pouring again.

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Crack Repair and Slab Prep That Holds

Most failed floors in this part of the San Gabriel Valley start with a crack nobody dealt with. Ground movement, roots from Pasadena's mature street trees and control joints cut sixty years ago all open a slab up. We rout each crack back to sound concrete and fill it with a semi-rigid polyurea that flexes with the slab instead of popping back out.

Spalling and delamination get the same attention. Where the top layer has lifted or shaled away, we grind back to solid substrate, patch the low areas with polymer-modified mortar and re-profile the surface so a coating has something to bond to. Skipping that step is the reason a resurfacing job fails two years in.

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Resurfacing Options for Older Slabs

An old slab rarely wants the same finish as a new one. Where the concrete is sound but stained, a grind and seal keeps the character of the original pour and costs less. Where it is pitted or heavily patched, a self-leveling overlay gives you an even, uniform surface without the height and weight of a new pour.

Garages, workshops and back-of-house areas usually finish best in a flake or solid-color polyaspartic system, which cures in a day and hides the repair work underneath. Restaurants and retail spaces around Old Town and South Lake tend to go the other way, toward polished concrete or microcement, where the floor is meant to be looked at.

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Moisture, Additions and Uneven Floors

Older Pasadena properties predate the vapor barriers poured under modern slabs, so moisture moves up through the concrete and lifts whatever sits on top of it. We test slab moisture before quoting, and where the readings are high we specify a moisture-mitigating primer rather than hoping a topcoat holds it down.

Uneven floors are the other common find, usually where an addition or a converted garage meets the original slab at a different height. A self-leveling underlayment brings the two planes together in a single pour, which matters as soon as you run one continuous finish across both.

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Serving Pasadena and the Foothill Communities

We work across Pasadena, from Bungalow Heaven and Madison Heights to Hastings Ranch and the South Lake business district, and through neighboring Altadena, South Pasadena and San Marino. A typical residential repair and resurfacing runs two to three days on site, scheduled around your access to the space.

Tell us what your slab is doing and we will come out and look at it. Onsite estimates are free.

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Contact Rise Coatings

Give us a call if you have any questions related to our flooring services, if you would like to inquire about a large flooring project or would like to receive a complimentary onsite estimate.

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8335 Winnetka Ave #178, Winnetka, CA 91306

CSLB # 1108031

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