fawcusfitness
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Hi everyone,
I was on here years ago under another username but didn't post much...
I really look forward to learning from you all and hopefully I can contribute something!
Anyways, close to two years ago I moved from BC to Alberta, Canada and purchased my first house. One of the requirements was that the house had a decent sized detached garage in the backyard. Well to make a long story short I found what I was looking for and then the fun began...
My first task was to deal with the garage floor as it was in very rough condition and I didn't want to move anything inside until it was dealt with. There was a lot of pitting and cracks. I went to a local concrete specialty shop in Edmonton called Conspec Industries and they educated me on how to repair the floor.
First I rented a concrete grinder to smooth everything out and clean up the concrete. I then patched all the major holes. Turns out I basically patched the entire floor. In retrospect I should have just skimmed the entire floor right from the get-go. Once everything was patched I rented the grinder again and smoothed everything out.
Once everything was smoothed out it was time to deal with the cracks. I put cardboard vertically into the large cracks and then back-filled the cardboard on either side with a special concrete mix that Conspec sells. Once that was done I removed the cardboard (was a pain) then installed foam backer rod.
Once the backer rod was installed I filled all the cracks with a special joint sealant. After this was done I cleaned off any excess sealant to make things tidy (I actually used my angle grinder for this and found it worked great).
Next step was to apply epoxy primer and then the next day I applied the epoxy coating while the primer was slightly tacky. I had to do the floor in two stages as the garage was full of stuff. Essentially I did half the garage for each step, then moved everything then did the other half then moved everything back and then did it again and again...
I had several quotes before I tackled this and thought I would do it myself, it was a great experience. Of course after I did all this I found out about polyaspartic coatings and wonder if I should have gone that route...
So here is the kicker. I started this project and worked on it for about 2 weeks then it got put on hold for several months because a couple weeks after I moved in I found that the foundation in the house was leaking...I will post about that later.
I will attach some photos of the finished floor shortly.
I was on here years ago under another username but didn't post much...
I really look forward to learning from you all and hopefully I can contribute something!
Anyways, close to two years ago I moved from BC to Alberta, Canada and purchased my first house. One of the requirements was that the house had a decent sized detached garage in the backyard. Well to make a long story short I found what I was looking for and then the fun began...
My first task was to deal with the garage floor as it was in very rough condition and I didn't want to move anything inside until it was dealt with. There was a lot of pitting and cracks. I went to a local concrete specialty shop in Edmonton called Conspec Industries and they educated me on how to repair the floor.
First I rented a concrete grinder to smooth everything out and clean up the concrete. I then patched all the major holes. Turns out I basically patched the entire floor. In retrospect I should have just skimmed the entire floor right from the get-go. Once everything was patched I rented the grinder again and smoothed everything out.
Once everything was smoothed out it was time to deal with the cracks. I put cardboard vertically into the large cracks and then back-filled the cardboard on either side with a special concrete mix that Conspec sells. Once that was done I removed the cardboard (was a pain) then installed foam backer rod.
Once the backer rod was installed I filled all the cracks with a special joint sealant. After this was done I cleaned off any excess sealant to make things tidy (I actually used my angle grinder for this and found it worked great).
Next step was to apply epoxy primer and then the next day I applied the epoxy coating while the primer was slightly tacky. I had to do the floor in two stages as the garage was full of stuff. Essentially I did half the garage for each step, then moved everything then did the other half then moved everything back and then did it again and again...
I had several quotes before I tackled this and thought I would do it myself, it was a great experience. Of course after I did all this I found out about polyaspartic coatings and wonder if I should have gone that route...
So here is the kicker. I started this project and worked on it for about 2 weeks then it got put on hold for several months because a couple weeks after I moved in I found that the foundation in the house was leaking...I will post about that later.
I will attach some photos of the finished floor shortly.
