Yes. Custom stamped concrete patios, pool decks, and walkways are significant home investments, and full replacement is rarely necessary just because a slab has settled.

As long as the concrete is in good shape, isn't heaving and the ground below isn't frozen.

Using high-density polyurethane foam injection, we drill small, strategic ports directly through the existing concrete to fill sub-surface voids and raise the slab back to its baseline. Once leveled, we patch the injection ports using patio's drill dust into the concrete patch compounds designed to blend it better into your existing color and texture.  Perfect color matching isn't achievable inside infinite color spectrums & our subjectivity.  But this process certainly helps disguise the drill marks. 

When dealing with high-end, stamped concrete, the primary advantage of polyurethane foam comes down to drill hole size, weight, and precision:

• Dime-Sized vs. Pop-Can Sized Holes: Mudjacking requires drilling large, 1.5-inch to 2-inch holes through your decorative pattern—creating massive, noticeable scars. Polyurethane foam injection uses micro-ports (only 5/8" or dime-sized), making the repair virtually invisible once patched.

• No Added Heavy Mass: Mudjacking pumps hundreds of pounds of heavy slurry under your slab, which can further compact unstable soils. Foam is ultra-lightweight, expanding to fill voids without placing added weight on fragile dirt.

• Controlled Lifting: Decorative concrete requires micro-adjustments so patterned joints realign perfectly without cracking. Precision foam gives us millimeter-level control over the lift.

More information about Mudjacking vs Polyjacking can be found on our site here.

Colorado’s Front Range and Mountain communities feature some of the toughest soil conditions in the country. The combination of expansive bentonite clay soils and severe freeze-thaw cycles causes ground expansion in winter and soil shrinkage in summer.

Furthermore, roof runoff or poor drainage often washes away the sub-base beneath patios and pool decks. Once a void forms beneath a heavy decorative slab, gravity pulls it down, leading to dangerous trip hazards and water pooling against your foundation.

Decorative concrete repair is an art backed by structural engineering. Pushing foam under a high-end, custom-dyed slab without exact pressure calculations can easily crack the surface or over-lift the pattern, causing permanent aesthetic damage.

At Colorado Concrete Leveling, our technicians bring over five decades of accumulative concrete experience. We utilize commercial-grade, multi-component injection equipment and high-density geotextile foams engineered specifically for structural lifting. We know how to navigate control joints, delicate borders, and custom textures without ruining your home’s curb appeal.

Can we still lift a cracked decorative slab? In most cases, yes.

We can systematically raise separate fractured pieces back into place, closing ugly gaps and restoring a flush walking surface. However, lifting only solves the elevation issue. To stop future water intrusion from ruining the underlying base again, we always recommend pairing your lift with our professional Concrete Caulking & Joint Sealing Services.

Our Honesty-First Promise: If your decorative slab has severe structural spiderwebbing or deteriorated sub-grade integrity where leveling won't hold, we will tell you upfront. In those rare cases, our team can handle full replacement through our New Concrete & Replacement Division.

Immediately. Unlike new concrete pours that take days or weeks to cure, polyurethane foam expands and reaches 90% of its full structural strength within 15 minutes. You can host a dinner party on your patio, walk on your pool deck, or set your outdoor furniture back in place the same day we finish.

Polyurethane foam is chemically inert, waterproof, and completely resistant to rot or erosion. Unlike soil or mudjacking slurry, foam will never wash away under Colorado’s heavy snowmelts or spring rains. As long as water is kept out from underneath the slab via proper joint sealing, the foam beneath your concrete will last for decades.

Grind your decorative luxury finish?  That's a terrible idea.

Grinding will be obvious unless you're a generational artist in the making.  Spoiler, you're not.

Also, grinding doesn't address the voids under the concrete that made it settle in the first place.  The whole concrete pad(s) will just continue sink in the future.  Likely a faster pace too; since the erosion process below compounds.