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James sent me two great photos of his crumbling and cracked concrete carport slab. It was in horrible shape. He indicated the slab could be as much as 60 years old.
If you have old, cracked, uneven, or non-level concrete slabs on your patio, you may be thinking about removing the concrete ...
Often concrete slabs are not poured on a bed of compacted material, but rather on loose backfill or gravel. As time passes, the fill under the slab settles, which may create a crack or cracks in ...
Learn concrete slab crack repair, including chipped edges, steps, corners, and palled surfaces, with a step-by-step masonry restoration guide. Paradoxically, concrete surfaces cannot be repaired ...
Cracked and settled concrete can be repaired by slab jacking, where grout or slurry is pumped under the slab, raising the concrete back to its previous position.
Concrete Concrete Slabs-on-Ground Crack Control Options When it comes to slabs-on-ground, you can either control the location of cracking or the width of cracks.
Concrete Tips to Control Crack Width in Concrete Slab on Ground Ten tips when using reinforcement to provide crack width control in nonstructural slabs-on-ground Kim Basham, PhD PE FACI Jul 11, 2019 ...
Locally you will find prices ranging from $4 per square foot (new concrete slab, with no major flaws ) to $6.50 per square foot (remodels, includes removal of existing flooring surface).
Concrete slabs can shrink as much as 1/2 inch per 100 feet. This shrinkage causes forces in the concrete that literally pull the slab apart-and cracks are the end result.
Q: I have a concrete-slab patio with a long crack in it that seems to be widening. What could be causing this? The house is about 30 years old and the yard slopes. A: Some things in life are ...
Q: I have a concrete-slab patio with a long crack in it that seems to be widening. What could be causing this? The house is about 30 years old and the yard slopes. A: Some things in life are ...