Addressing Flaking of Driveway?

[DelmarvaJK]

Hey Guys,

I have a Lennar Townhome and obviously being apart of this forum I love my garage and everything that goes in it...

Here's my problem:

We just completed our 1 year walk through and noticed the driveway under my truck has started to flake. Since exterior concrete is not covered by warranty what are my options? I'm thinking of just scrapping as much loose concrete off and then putting skim coat back on top, but I'm open to ideas.

The pictures speak for themselves and sidewalk leading up the house crack in half... But that's another issue that can wait as I'll just repour that slab...

Thanks guys,

 

[kd3pc]

the sidewalk "crack" appears to be a deliberate cut.

the spalling is a result of poor concrete, too much/too little water, or a temp change when the concrete was poured. (since your one year is just now up, I suspect it was poured or set up in "less than optimum temps" and perhaps some chemicals were added to the mix.)

Skim coats of more concrete/anything generally make things worse. Or uglier.

I would sweep it up for a while, NOT scraping it. And then re-look things this summer...has it gotten worse, better or about the same. If it slows, you might get by with sweeping and sealing it or you can try diamond blade and see if you can get to a solid surface

If it stays the same or gets worse, your only viable option is to break it up and redo it, as most of the paints/stains/etc will simply not adhere to it. Do this in good weather or hire a contractor who knows how to pour and finish in cold temps.

 

[Mpbsr]

Hey Guys,

I have a Lennar Townhome and obviously being apart of this forum I love my garage and everything that goes in it...

Here's my problem:

We just completed our 1 year walk through and noticed the driveway under my truck has started to flake. Since exterior concrete is not covered by warranty what are my options? I'm thinking of just scrapping as much loose concrete off and then putting skim coat back on top, but I'm open to ideas.

The pictures speak for themselves and sidewalk leading up the house crack in half... But that's another issue that can wait as I'll just repour that slab...

Thanks guys,

We seriously need to talk. I also have a Lennar home 55+ and my driveway is also flaking right after my one year walk through.

We did have the local job forman for Lennar look at it and he was going to send the concrete guy over to look it at.

I did tell him that this isn't acceptable and unless it's fixed, Lennar will be hearing from my attorney. This is one area that I'm not going to let go as the driveway will get worse and will need to be replaced in the future.

Maybe we should take this to a private message to discuss further.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Do your best to press for a resolution. As the other posters mentioned this is not fun.
If all else fails grind it to the good stuff and have an overlayment applied.

This can be stamped, troweled smooth, stained, etc...

 

[DelmarvaJK]

the sidewalk "crack" appears to be a deliberate cut.

the spalling is a result of poor concrete, too much/too little water, or a temp change when the concrete was poured. (since your one year is just now up, I suspect it was poured or set up in "less than optimum temps" and perhaps some chemicals were added to the mix.)

Skim coats of more concrete/anything generally make things worse. Or uglier.

I would sweep it up for a while, NOT scraping it. And then re-look things this summer...has it gotten worse, better or about the same. If it slows, you might get by with sweeping and sealing it or you can try diamond blade and see if you can get to a solid surface

If it stays the same or gets worse, your only viable option is to break it up and redo it, as most of the paints/stains/etc will simply not adhere to it. Do this in good weather or hire a contractor who knows how to pour and finish in cold temps.

Good info, thank you!

 

[DelmarvaJK]

Thanks guys, and sorry I didn't post up a picture of the front side walk leading to my front door. I have two slabs before my steps and the slab that meets my front steps literally buckled/cracked in half with the last hard freeze. (Below Zero)

The problem with the idiots that laid that piece is it should have been two pieces and not one large section. The crack basically happened where I would have placed an expansion joint...