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Salt-air concrete and rebar repair in Ship Bottom

Long Beach Island · Tier C

If you're looking into salt-air concrete and rebar repair in Ship Bottom, the ground under the house is the place to start.

Signs that bring this up

  • Reinforcing steel visible through the surface
  • Hollow sound when the surface is tapped
  • Concrete flaking or breaking away in sheets

Why this comes up in Ship Bottom

Bay side and ocean side within a few blocks of each other.

Ship Bottom is the borough at the island end of the Route 72 causeway, and that shapes what shows up under these houses.

What access looks like here

Dense lots close to the causeway, with parking and staging often the limiting factor.

Ship Bottom handles permitting for work at this address.

What the work involves

Salt reaches the reinforcing steel, the steel rusts and expands, and the expansion pushes the concrete off. Repair means removing everything unsound, treating the steel, and rebuilding the section with a mix that resists chloride.

$2,000 – $15,000typical range, not a quote. What your home needs can only be settled by a registered contractor who comes out and looks at it.

A contractor who works Ship Bottom regularly will have seen this pattern before.

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Other things that come up here

Problems that tend to travel together.