Best Way to Fix this Concrete Cracking

[Agusta02]

Just purchases a house and I want to get it ready for epoxy in the next few weeks. It has this crack/cracking going on near the front of the garage near the garage door threshold. What would be the best way to rectify this situation? Im new to this whole concrete fixing thing so any info would be appreciated. Looking forward to starting a progress thread

 

[tncatadjuster]

FIrst off what is it? A drain channel the has been patched?

 

[Agusta02]

that is just inside the garage door. The metal "rail" is pretty much the garage door threshold.

 

[pcmeiners]

Metal/ concrete/ water do not mix. The steel rusts,expands and cracks anything connected to it. You would need to remove the steel or live with the issue.

 

[JeremyManning]

Remove the metal, use a concrete saw (rental) to cut out the damaged cement (chisel inside lines after making nice cut) and then use hydraulic cement to fill the hole

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Jeremey:

Get all the loose mortar patch and steel out of that hole.
We have a great repair material that will take care of it forever. Take a look...
http://legacyindustrial.net/cart/epoxy-concrete-patch-1-gal-hd110-p-6.html

 

[Agusta02]

thanks!

 

[56nash]

I would like to add a thumbs up to the Legacy product. This stuff rocks, hard as a rock and I found that if you try to chip off the stuff you drip on the concrete will actually chip the concrete trying to knock it off. I have never had any patching concrete stick that well, polymer modified, hydraulic, or any other portland cement based product.

 

[cyanidecotdpnuts]

Just as an aside, are you going to be installing anything into the concrete? If so you really need to consider new slabs totally. If not, disregard this message.

 

[Agusta02]

just placed my order.

will post the results when I am done

thanks again!

 

[Bull]

To what thickness can the Legacy stuff be applied?

 

[RaceDeck1]

just cover it with RaceDeck I could not resist

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

To what thickness can the Legacy stuff be applied?

Multiple inches in a pothole/patch scenario.