Replacing Cracked Garage Floor

This pitting appears to be from an oil leak.

Replacing cracked garage floor.

Put in place a vapor barrier. If you plan to cover the garage floor with finished flooring then an epoxy product that fills minor pits and cracks and provides a very hard surface is an option too. Garage floor crack repair is probably easier than you think. Truthfully i should have knocked down the whole thing and rebuilt a new structure.

Allow the concrete floor to cure properly. We have owned our home since it was constructed in 1984. Significant cracks cracks larger than should be ground out with a masonry wheel and filled with concrete filler. Scotty demonstrates how to patch a hole in a cement garage floor.

When a garage floor is first poured the concrete begins to harden contractors say cure and when this process takes place the concrete shrinks a little. But we called. As oil seeps in and then allows the cement to. If yours is older than that it may be time to seriously consider a garage floor replacement.

Chip out the cracked portion with a maul and cold chisel. Pour concrete for the new floor. Replacing a cracked and sinking garage floor on an old garage. Fill in the area with gravel 3 4 and compact it.

Install wire mesh or fiber mesh as reinforcement. Using a diamond blade on your circular saw cut a 1 2 in deep groove along each side of the crack. Raise the garage remove the old floor for a detached car garage floor replacement the first thing we may need to do is raise your garage so we can remove the old floor. The garage floor is now stained and cracked.

Don t throw the baby out with the bathwater they say. We were going to paint it with a product advertised for use on garage floors. A 20 foot square of freshly poured concrete will shrink about a 1 8 of an inch. Garage floor surfaces should provide approximately 20 25 years of use.

Wear an n 95 respirator and turn on a fan to blow the concrete dust out of the garage. A garage floor replacement may be needed simply due to its age.