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Holiday Home Safety Concerns (And no, we’re not talking about COVID-19 this time)!   Safety Concerns: The holidays may seem like the perfect time to gather with your household, or host your small bubble, but, if the concrete around your house is in disrepair, you may still have some safety issues!   Sidewalks can become […]

Save Money On Major Home Repairs Is it time for a necessary home repair? Problems such as foundation issues, sinking concrete, sump pump failures—you name it!—can sneak up on us.  Heck, even if you’ve known for a while that an expense was coming, why pay more than you have to? Well, the best thing you […]

PolyLevel Foam One of the most common questions we get is “How long will PolyLevel foam last under my concrete?” It makes sense that this would be a concern for people. I mean, why would you want to invest in a temporary fix that doesn’t solve the overall problem? You don’t want to find that […]

Reasons For Concrete Shrinking We’re here to dive deep and give you the dirt on why your concrete is sinking. Why Concrete Shrinks? It’s all about the dirt! Concrete settlement occurs when soils beneath the slab are displaced. Depending on the area that your house is in, it could be a number of reasons why […]

The Owners Cal Warkentin and Victor Balzer met at a young age when they both worked for a local framing company. Eventually, they joined forces and started their own framing company, quickly finding success. After a while, they started to notice a consistent problem with many houses they were working on:  structural settlement! They decided […]

Sunken Foundation How To Solve: I hate to break it to you, but It’s not going to get better on its own Oftentimes when people find out that their home has a sunken foundation,  the instinct is to just watch and hope the problem goes away. And I get it – most people don’t want […]

Concrete topping When should you use? Concrete topping is pretty cool. It can give old concrete an attractive finish, a little shine and a fresh colour. If you’re renovating your Mercedes-Benz showroom (as one does), a smooth, shiny concrete topping might be the way to go. Let me paint a picture of a common experience: […]

Our Team Hands down, this team is the best around. And I’m not just saying that because I’m a part of it! Yes we’re professionals and hard workers, but we’re also just a bunch of regular people living in the greater Vancouver area. We have families, communities, hobbies and homes. allow me to introduce you […]

it’s cheaper than you think! Free Estimate   LET’S DISCUSS First of all, there are a ton of factors that contribute to any concrete lifting cost because every job is different! If you go up to a realtor and ask them how much a blue house costs, how do you think they’ll respond? They might […]

Homeowner Mistake Pay Now or Pay Later Ten years ago, just after True Level celebrated a decade in business, one of our company owners did a foundation inspection at a home in North Vancouver. The home was built on a slope, and the foundation had settled. The floors were so uneven that the owners could […]