ali f27
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| posted on 26/2/12 at 10:41 AM |
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concrete breaking up
Hi Janes dads concrete drive surface is breaking up suggestions on repair welcome
Cheers ALI
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 26/2/12 at 10:46 AM |
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Wait for the Pikey jokes........
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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mookaloid
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| posted on 26/2/12 at 11:02 AM |
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You can't really repair a concrete drive that is breaking up.
It is doing it for probably 2 reasons:
1. the concrete is poor quality
2. the base underneath is poor and moving
the only way to sort these problems is to dig it out and start again properly
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 26/2/12 at 11:23 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
You can't really repair a concrete drive that is breaking up.
It is doing it for probably 2 reasons:
1. the concrete is poor quality
2. the base underneath is poor and moving
the only way to sort these problems is to dig it out and start again properly
Not strictly true. You can repair concrete with a resin injection, but i agree that unless you know the cause of the problem, you could end up with a
resin drive after a period of time, costing more than it would to replace the whole lot.
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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snapper
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| posted on 26/2/12 at 12:25 PM |
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If its deep cracks dig it up or kango it, tamp it and re concrete.
If its just surface crumbling as I have brush off, remove all loose stud, re skim
I eat to survive
I drink to forget
I breath to pi55 my ex wife off (and now my ex partner)
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TheGiantTribble
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| posted on 26/2/12 at 12:37 PM |
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yes there is Exopy based resins...two problems with them, price (Horendous), and tend to be stronger than the concrete, and the concrete just
continuaes to break up.
Far better bite the bullet lift what you got and redo (Bet that's the answer you didn't want)
You could protentially bodge it and put more concrete over the top usually bad idea, just adds the the mass wanting to break up, and often if against
house will bring leval of conrete above that of the damp course (very bad)
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