Replacing Cracked Garage Floor

Significant cracks cracks larger than should be ground out with a masonry wheel and filled with concrete filler.

Replacing cracked garage floor.

Install wire mesh or fiber mesh as reinforcement. If you plan to cover the garage floor with finished flooring then an epoxy product that fills minor pits and cracks and provides a very hard surface is an option too. Set up a drain for the garage. But we called.

Whether you re just starting your research or you re looking to try to justify a surprising estimate you got from a contractor by better understanding what s involved you re. We have owned our home since it was constructed in 1984. The garage floor is now stained and cracked. When a garage floor is first poured the concrete begins to harden contractors say cure and when this process takes place the concrete shrinks a little.

Garage floor surfaces should provide approximately 20 25 years of use. Using a diamond blade on your circular saw cut a 1 2 in deep groove along each side of the crack. Chip out the cracked portion with a maul and cold chisel. If yours is older than that it may be time to seriously consider a garage floor replacement.

This pitting appears to be from an oil leak. This is for those cases where the structure itself is sound but just that floor needs replacing. Fill in the area with gravel 3 4 and compact it. Garage floor crack repair is probably easier than you think.

We were going to paint it with a product advertised for use on garage floors. A garage floor replacement may be needed simply due to its age. A 20 foot square of freshly poured concrete will shrink about a 1 8 of an inch. Replacing a cracked and sinking garage floor on an old garage.

Pour concrete for the new floor. Allow the concrete floor to cure properly. Put in place a vapor barrier. Raise the garage remove the old floor for a detached car garage floor replacement the first thing we may need to do is raise your garage so we can remove the old floor.

Scotty demonstrates how to patch a hole in a cement garage floor. As oil seeps in and then allows the cement to.