crack in brand new concrete slab - what can be done?
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Comments (1)The gravel will be your best bet. The deeper the gravel the better off you'll be from heaving and sinking effects. Compact the gravel as much as possible by doing it in 2-3 inch layers. Also does your existing patio have a drain? If it does than you might have a problem with the sand washing away over time. You can find edging where you buy you pavers, it is generally a poly material and is held in with 9-12 inch spikes. BTW you don't have to use a spike in every hole. After that is all done you'll have to raise the level of the lawn or beds to match the patio height. Or.....take out the patio and put down gravel and do everything the correct way from the beginning and have "piece of mind". Good luck...See MoreLong diagonal crack in my concrete slab floor is scaring me.
Comments (3)msgreatdeals, Thanks for your reply but I wish I read this first before sealing the 47 foot long crack (found some places were 1/4th & 1/2th but most of the crack was 1/16th & 1/8th wide)with flexible DRYLOCK masonery crack filler. Then I started to use the filler to fill in small holes in the three rooms but some of the bigger holes that were formed from removing the clumps of plaster that was not level or from removing the tackless would not fill so I went in the garage and found some cement filler that my friend used to fix the step going from the garage to the middle foyer. I wish I used this only for the holes. I hope I did not mess up. The installer has not called me back and I want him to arrive tomorrow ready to install the floor and not fixing the floor and not being able to finish and then the project dragging into next week. msgreatdeals, thanks for sharing about your concrete floor also. I hope your floor will be OK also with your epoxy repair. I did have some water damage from a leak in the Poland Spring Water coolor about 10 years ago. that is where the crack had started. I forgot about that! But all in all my concrete floor was very dry. There were fine cracks in the concrete floor in other places but they were small but I still used the sealant that is flexible to seal them also....See MoreHelp, old concrete slab and new floor questions.
Comments (4)We are just finishing up a renovation project in the kitchen part of our 4 year old house. The vinyl tile there now was basically destroyed - and must be replaced. The house sits on a concrete slab. My 93 year old mom lives with us - so natural stone or tile flooring is out of the question. I had thought about Duraceramic but am concerned about chipping and cracking. We also are considering Armalock by Armstrong - laminate flooring that looks like stone. It is a floating floor over a cushy layer. What kind of flooring would be best?...See MoreCracks in brand new walls. What might be the cause? is it serious?
Comments (52)non funziona Claudia. Il cartongesso e' un materiale che flette e appoggiato in questo modo i pezzi sono fissi a due elementi distinti, quello del muro e quello sopra la porta, quindi si muoveranno in modo indipendente come e' normale che sia e si apriranno le crepe. Nelle giunte si usa il nastro di carta o uno fatto a rete, ma il problema qui e' la giunta. Quello che e' stato proposto purtroppo si tratta di un taccone e prima o poi Lei si imbattera nelle famigerate crepe. Il cartogesso posato bene presenta giunte solo tra panelli superiori ed inferiori e negli angoli come nella foto che ho mandato. Oppure in muri particolarmenti lunghi le giunte tra due pannelli in cui entrambi appoggiano su uno stud doppio e' normale. Ma per le aperture non si puo fare. Stiamo ristrutturando casa e TUTTE le finestre, porte e aperture varie presentavano lo stesso tipo di crepe. Io e mio marito abbiamo buttato giu TUTTO il cartogesso di tutta la casa e mio marito ha posato quello nuovo come ti ho detto, il cartogesso vecchio presentava il tipo di giunte che hanno fatto a casa tua, quindi di questo puoi trarre le conclusioni......See MoreRelated Professionals
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