Fixing a low spot garage floor

[gygeneral]

I have a low spot in my garage floor about 1 foot away from the outside in the doorway. This is a everyday use garage , we do put our cars in here in the winter, so there is a lot of slush, snow and rain that gets dropped on the floor. The one side of the garage seems to drain the water away pretty good but other always has a puddle that I have to sweep. The low spot is about 3' X 5'. The question is there a product that I can use to level this part of the floor and will it hold up. I know the parch will show, I'm not concerned about that.

Thanks for all your input

 

[77thor]

I have the exact same problem.

After a lot of searching and researching, I contacted a rep from CTS Cement (they make Rapid Set products) and he recommended their Cement ALL product along with Rapid Set FLOW CONTROL plasticizing admixture for increased fluidity and workability.
http://www.ctscement.com/CementAll_data.asp

As soon as the weather warms up to 60degF or so, I'm going to try it .
Added bonus is that Home Depot carries these products.

 

[gygeneral]

I will check out that website. Not sure if Home Depot carries that in Canada. Let me know how it works out for you and post some pictures. Thanks

 

[77thor]

Will do.

But it's gonna be a while before I get to it. The weather here just will not warm up.
We actually got about .4" of snow last night.

 

[pauloman]

about the only thing you can count on is epoxy or sand with epoxy (for bulk) you would then probably need to 'putty' the edge of the epoxy to 'feather' it into the existing floor

note that 1 gal of anything applied 1/4 inch thick only covers 6.2 sf.

 

[pauls340]

Why wait for the weather...mosie-on down to your local Form & Build Construction supply and get a unit of Mg-Krete Fine. You're in Ontario so, IMO, anything you have to add water to to mix is not going to handle the freeze cycles. MGK gets to over 11,000psi and you can feather it to zero. Take a wire brush or better, a small grinder to the area, blow it off and duct tape the 3x5 area. MGK does ~40sqft/ bag @ 1/8". I would mix a half bag. At these temps don't worry about the product curing too fast on you...but work quickly. I do company logo's with it and color it. good luck

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Pauls340:

Is this the same as Magcrete by Loctite?

 

[gygeneral]

Pauls340:

Is this the same as Magcrete by Loctite?

I looked up this MG-Krete and its made by IMCO Industries here in Ontario. Not sure if its the same stuff. Their promo videos shows the product in action. The only thing I'm worried about is that I will be putting on a small coat and I'm not sure whether the weight of the car will destroy it. They do mention a minimun thickness in their video.

 

[eric87]

Ardex

 

[Zeke]

Cut a kerf to the outside.

 

[pauls340]

Regarding the Mg-Krete. There is no engineering end point weight limit for this product. That means if you taper it to zero, Mg-Krete can handle any amount of weight. They do concrete runway repair 17" thick and tapered to zero and a loaded 747 is 210 Tons...it can handle car or truck traffic.