What is Cellular Concrete and What are the Benefits?

Cellular concrete is a lightweight material offering numerous advantages over standard concrete.

What is this stuff anyway? Why do I need it? How is this concrete different from regular concrete? What makes it so special? What is this “new stuff?”

If you have foundation damage, then there are many reasons to want to understand the “new stuff.” The differences are easy to understand. Cellular concrete can be used to solve a variety of residential and commercial structural issues.

How is Cellular Concrete Different?

Regular, standard concrete is a heavy material used for footings, foundation walls and floors. Cellular concrete is a much lighter material. Regular concrete uses small stone as one of its main ingredients. Cellular concrete replaces this small stone with tiny air bubbles, which are created by the blending of foam ingredients as the concrete is mixed.

In the mixing process, the “foam” is used to control the density of cellular concrete thus making it less dense and much lighter than standard concrete. Cellular concrete is easier to pump into commercial foundations because of its high air content and lesser density. A main advantage of cellular concrete is that despite the fact that it’s lightweight, it has also proven to be much stronger than standard concrete.

How can the air bubbles help?

Cellular concrete has the reputation of holding up well under almost all conditions, and material’s weight and density makes it perfect for filling spaces and flowing easily to level itself. The air bubbles that make up cellular concrete have proven to insulate much better than standard concrete materials. Another benefit is that cellular concrete can be created to either stop water penetration altogether, or just enough to allow water to drain through.

Cellular concrete is lightweight yet strong, making it permeable and resistant to strong forces. Because of this, cellular concrete can be used in applications that standard concrete can’t be utilized. Cellular concrete can be used to stabilize soil, as backfill for retaining walls, fill for bridge approaches, to repair sinkholes, and to fill abandoned underground tunnels and more.

Amazingly, because this product is often referred to as a lightweight insulating material, it can even be poured over a flat roof to form a seamless layer that will insulate and remain strong! When this product is pumped over a rough old floor, it will dry as a smooth even finish which requires no leveling, and serves as an excellent base for a finished floor.

Full-Service Foundation Repair in Idaho

Foundation Supportworks of Idaho offers a complete line of foundation products for the repair of existing structures and new construction. If you are looking to repair your concrete floor or a retaining wall on your property, residential StableFill cellular concrete might be the right option for you!

Contact Foundation Supportworks of Idaho to learn more about StableFill cellular concrete and their other foundation repair solutions. Located in Eagle, their service area includes Moscow, Lewiston, Shoshone, Teton, Boise, Jefferson, and nearby.