Repair Cracked Concrete Porch Floor
First use a small hammer and chisel in combination to knock away any cracked crumbling or loose concrete.
Repair cracked concrete porch floor. I used some quikrete crack sealant from home depot to fill the cracks. In this concrete repair method a small portion of the slab is removed and then sand is packed underneath to level the slab and support it before the concrete is replaced. After the concrete has been poured or shoveled into place use a combination of straightedges and flat trowels to finish the surface and smooth it. Then rinse the area.
Using a hand grinder i leveled the floor on each side of large crack and widened it to the wide of the grinder. A concrete resurfacer that pours on and spreads out with a squeegee trowel or broom is the best way to repair these large shallow areas. Cracks in a concrete porch less than three eights of an inch wide can be easily repaired. Then i filled the deep cracks with cheap fine grain sand to make sure it was full all.
In this video we show you step by step process when we patched a few broken and chipped concrete slabs this product work great on repairing broken edges cor. You will need a tube of vinyl concrete patching material a wet rag a soft bristle brush and a wire brush. I let it hard. To pull the excess off hold a straightedge from.
Video on how to turn your cracked concrete into a beautiful concrete floor. Chip to a depth of about one inch below the surface plane. If you need to repair only small cracked concrete portions of the patio then you can use the process of patching. For hairline cracks applying repair caulk or crack filler over the cracks usually is not effective as the caulk tends to peel off of the surface over time.
Very small cracks such as hairline cracks can be repaired using a vinyl concrete patching compound applied over the crack and then smoothed with a putty knife or trowel. Solid roofing or canopies that prevent moisture from gathering on the patio not only minimize damage to the concrete but they also help you enjoy your patio in the off season. This video shows how i repaired a crack in a concrete slab in our patio. Make sure your contr.