Hi,

I have a bit of concrete broken away from the front edge of my garage
floor and have tried to repair it using a strong cement mix and using
pva on the old concrete and in the mix.
Even after leaving it to get hard (+ 7 days) the car tyres still manage
to break the edge off again.

Any advice appreciated (other than re-laying the floor!).

Thanks

Peter Hemmings wrote:
Hi,

I have a bit of concrete broken away from the front edge of my garage
floor and have tried to repair it using a strong cement mix and using
pva on the old concrete and in the mix.
Even after leaving it to get hard (+ 7 days) the car tyres still manage
to break the edge off again.

Would it be possible to chamfer or round off the edge with a grinder?
or you could fit a length of angle iron or something similar to
reinforce the edge

wrote:
Peter Hemmings wrote:
Hi,

I have a bit of concrete broken away from the front edge of my garage
floor and have tried to repair it using a strong cement mix and using
pva on the old concrete and in the mix.
Even after leaving it to get hard (+ 7 days) the car tyres still manage
to break the edge off again.

Would it be possible to chamfer or round off the edge with a grinder?
or you could fit a length of angle iron or something similar to
reinforce the edge

Or grind out a larger section and then replace. Use concrete hardener
in the mix or even try one of those fast setting concrete mixes for
fence posts.

How about drilling to put some plugs and screws into the damaged area
before repairing, use long screws and leave the heads sticking out to
provide a key between the old and the new, maybe also screw some
expanded metal mesh firmly to the damaged area.

Peter Hemmings wrote:
Hi,

I have a bit of concrete broken away from the front edge of my garage
floor and have tried to repair it using a strong cement mix and using
pva on the old concrete and in the mix.
Even after leaving it to get hard (+ 7 days) the car tyres still
manage to break the edge off again.

Try an epoxy concrete repair product like this
http://www.watco.co.uk/asp/autopage....XORG&Group=REP

Not cheap, but almost bomb proof.


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Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257