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I will walk you through the complete process of sealing a small crack in your concrete driveway, sidewalk, or patio. There is a common mistake a lot of DIY homeowners make which I want to help you avoid ensuring you get the end results you are looking for that will hold up for years and years. I will provide a few options for sealants and also best practices throughout the video.
Chapter
0:00 Intro
0:30 Most Common DIY Homeowner Mistakes When Sealing Concrete
2:02 How To Prep Your Concrete Before Sealing
2:57 What Is Backer Rod And Why Do You Need It For Sealing Concrete
4:27 Different Types Of Concrete Sealant
6:23 Example Of How Tremco 45 SSL Hold Up After 2 Years
7:17 Applying Tremco 45 SSL To Small Concrete Crack
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You can see where it was repaired > BUT ITS A DONE DEAL Next time going to do it a little different. By adding some water down into the crack. where the caulk cement bonds, better! It mixes up with the water, as your pressing it down into the crack. and finish off with the caulk, and scrap off even > What you Don't want is a filled crater, where water can hold in it. You want it filled and flush to the surface
I like the caulk concert crack filler. Just hammer it out, where small pieces are out. clean by blowing strong air and apply, Press it down into the crack, layer it off, and scrap off flush. Its like new
Why? It works great
angle grind it > suck it with a vac > seal it with a breathable primer > mix a mall jug of concrete and pour it into the crack … ?
Damn, Ive made this error. Oh well
Gotta do a bunch of this in ‘25. New construction is sub par, with sub-standard materials. The amount of huge grave they used promotes the disintegration.
Blow out the crack with your air compressor and jet handle.
If you're opening up cracks, it's best to power-wash after you do that. This makes sure that the concrete is totally clean, and the adhesive will bond much better.
lol OMFG. I have to do this to one massive crack like shown. Then 2 smaller cracks on sidewalk but worse where the sidewalk has pulled away from the house. With like a 2 inch gap. Seeing the effort just to do the cracks kills me. I don’t have an angle grinder and bunch of other tools. Also I’m pretty sure after all my effort the sidewalk by next spring is going to move enough to crack it where I put fill in the gap between the house and sidewalk. What a nightmare. The sidewalk is built with steep side on one side. Over many years erosion has made the sidewalk to slip and move away from the house. It’s in such a hard to get to area for any big construction work like something to lift the sidewalk slabs up and lay down a bunch of new dirt and fill and then put them back in place. Ugh. Man. Wish I had money to pay someone to fix it.
You are so annoying, I had to shut you up.
I use sand and fill to appropriate depth and it works fine for me
Im curious if anyone has ever tried black caulk?
I use dry cement powder over the sealant to blend the repair and make it almost disappear.
What do you think about those trim a slab joints? Would you try those out or do you think this is the best method still bar none
My contractor said that this would work to fix rising concrete where the whole slab is cracked down the middle and leaning down and outward, which is where the water is coming from underneath the ground.
I would spray the cracks out good with a high pressure hose, pour a watery mortar mix down them (with some extra portland cement added), wait a few days, then fill the remainder with polymer-enhanced crack filler.
cover calk with sand or ?? great idea have always done this nice esthetics
Any advise w/ asphalt cracking?
I was literally about to do this. About 2 years ago. It's not procrastination, I was just waiting for this video to make my feed… that's right..
Hard to focus on crack when I saw the lines made on concrete by pressure washer surface cleaner.
A question please: why not just use mortar or cement mix?
So what would someone use on a strong slope?
Is that a literal tree right next to the foundation? Like what in the actual puck?
Don't leave the end of your crack open. Great advise, especially around a caulk gun…..😅
Nobody has the time to address that small insect getting its ass kicked over?
Cracks and caulks.
3:32 "Make sure you measure your crack"
The caulk shrinks and comes out after a few years. The liquid crack sealer is just as good from quick crate all of the sand settles to the bottom. You have to use a some kind of drill bit to get the sand that settles to the bottom from sitting on the shelves mixed.
Great video! I have 3 cracks across my parking pad. Only the first 5+ inches are a full crack, the rest is just a surface level crack. The cracks all start at the top of the parking pad. For the Sikaflex do you use the Sandstone color along with some sand to help blend the color?
Good work!
For prepping car washer is much better and less laborious
So you just leave it? Your don’t run your finger over it to make it flush with the concrete? Also I have seen you (I think it was you 😂) add sand in the gaps in a different video…what’s that for?
Tried measuring my crack
Instructions unclear
Can anyone tell me what sand I should use for this?
Why was your 2-year repair so much kower than the pre-existing concrete? Isn't there a way to make it level?
Great explanation of the nooks and crannies of concrete repair. Thanks for making this video and giving us homeowners a little more skill to keep our stuff looking good.