The freeze and thaw cycle has cracked your concrete driveway. Instead of paying thousands for professional repair, do it ...
Q Our fireplace brick is cracked, and we want to know if there is any way to fix it. Also, there are cracks in our patio. Can those be repaired or at least made less unsightly? A Let’s take the patio ...
Small cracks in your concrete driveway, patio, or foundation may not seem like much to worry about, and you may be tempted to ignore them. But left to their own devices, they can eventually widen into ...
Q. My concrete driveway has eight large slabs. The driveway slopes down from my garage to the street. The straight-line gaps between the slabs has enlarged, and some cracks are as wide as 2 inches now ...
There are two main types of concrete crack filler: self-leveling and non-sag. Self-leveling concrete crack filler has a runny, gooey consistency that flows into cracks and fills nooks and crannies ...
If cracks in concrete can be fixed when they're still tiny, then they can't become large cracks that ultimately cause structures such as bridges to collapse. It is with this in mind that various ...
Q I live in a condo with a concrete exterior porch. Recently the porch’s concrete surface was resurfaced and rusted re-bar was recoated before putting the final finish on the floor. During this ...
Unfortunately, most concrete has a tendency to crack, usually as a result of improper design or poor construction practices. As an overlay installer, you have no control over these factors. You are ...
Researchers have developed bacteria that produce a kind of glue that can "knit together" cracks in concrete structures. Nine students at Newcastle University in the U.K. engineered a microbe to swim ...
Earlier this year we took a look at the development of self-healing concrete that repairs its own cracks using a built-in healing agent. While this kind of technology holds promise for construction in ...
If you have been shopping for caulks lately, you have probably discovered that it is no easy task. The number of products available in the market is enough to leave you thoroughly confused. ”In part, ...