Repair Cracked Concrete Porch Floor

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Repair cracked concrete porch floor.

Chip to a depth of about one inch below the surface plane. Then rinse the area. Consider covering your patio. 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.

A shop vacuum is also helpful for completely removing dirt dust and loose debris. If you need to repair only small cracked concrete portions of the patio then you can use the process of patching. I used some quikrete crack sealant from home depot to fill the cracks. 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.

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. Cracks in a concrete porch less than three eights of an inch wide can be easily repaired. Video on how to turn your cracked concrete into a beautiful concrete floor. You will need a tube of vinyl concrete patching material a wet rag a soft bristle brush and a wire brush.

First use a small hammer and chisel in combination to knock away any cracked crumbling or loose concrete. 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. Tips on fixing cracks chips spalls uneven spots and more. 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.

I let it hard. 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. This video shows how i repaired a crack in a concrete slab in our patio. 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.