DIY Concrete Scissure Repair

You lot can fix many concrete cracks yourself

Time

A full day

Complexity

Intermediate

Cost

$51–100

Introduction

Fix the crack in your concrete garage or basement floor yourself past following these footstep-by-step directions.

Tools Required

Materials Required

  • Concrete mix
  • Concrete resurfacer
  • Latex modifier

Project step-by-step (4)

Step ane

How to repair cracks in physical: Cut a groove on both sides of the cracked concrete

Cut a chiseling groove

Cut

Using a diamond blade on your round saw, cut a 1/2-in.-deep groove along each side of the crack. Vesture an N-95 respirator and turn on a fan to blow the concrete grit out of the garage. Bit out the croaky portion with a maul and cold chisel.

Physical cracks are caused past sideways expansion, poor drainage conditions or settling soil below the concrete. If your concrete is the same height on both sides of the crack, you can gear up it yourself. Merely you have to overstate the crevice (Photograph one). And then ability-wash the surface area and duster off the backlog water before applying the concrete crack filler. Fill with a polymer-modified cement such as Quikrete concrete resurfacer No. 1131. Our crack was broad and deep, so we chiseled out the entire opening and refilled it (Photos 2 and 3). Still, if 1 side of the crack is lower, call an expert to diagnose and fix the underlying soil/drainage problem. So either replace the sunken portion or call a mud-jacking visitor to heighten it.

Caulking Concrete Cracks

Step two

Cement Crack Repair: Remove the cracked concrete

Knock out the old stuff

Knock

Chip out the croaky portion with a maul and cold chisel. Remove the chipped pieces and vacuum out the fissure earlier ability washing.

Chip out the cutting physical to go a fresh surface so the new concrete tin bond to information technology.

Concrete Sabotage Tools and Tips

Step iii

How to Repair Cracks in Concrete: Make full in the cracked physical opening

Fill groove with concrete

Fill

Add latex modifier to regular concrete mix and pack it into the channel. Make full to within 1/2 in. of the original height. Let information technology prepare up for a few days, then fill with resurfacer. Constitute a solid base for the resurfacer by filling the opening with physical and letting it dry out (see Photo 3).

Garage Floor Resurfacing: Set a Pitted Garage Floor

Step 4

How to Repair Cracks in Physical: Add the resurfacer

Spread the resurfacer

Spread

Pour concrete resurfacing mixture into the crack and shine it out with a rubber floor duster. Feather the edges to become the all-time appearance. Add together h2o to the resurfacer mix to get the consistency of pancake concoction for the concrete cleft filler. And so fill the remainder of the groove and smoothen it over.

How to Caulk Physical

Originally Published: June 24, 2022