#CONCRETE SLAB CRACK REPAIR EMECOLE FREE#

Formerly Sonolastic brand, Masterseal is a superior commercial grade polyurethane.

Our current”go to” product is Masterseal SL1. The solids settle to the bottom of the bottle and no amount of shaking seemed sufficient to break them down which resulted in clogs followed by an ejection of the material. Also available from Quickrete is a liquid caulk in a squeeze bottle, bluntly put don’t waste your money on it. We have used products from all three and have found them sufficient if not always long-lasting solutions. In this line are fairly inexpensive products available at the big home improvement stores or the local hardware stores as well as some really good commercial grade products. Then the crack can be repaired with confidence the repair will last.įlexible Polyurethanes – for most exterior cracks flexible polyurethane caulking works just fine. This is accomplished by making injections in a “stitch” pattern along the entire crack line. (accidental control joint)įar and away the best way to stabilize a crack in concrete from movement is to “bridge” the underside of the crack with Geo-polymer foam. Mortar is just fine for patching a rock pop or a missing chunk but not in a control joint or a crack. As soon as the joint moves it will crack and begin to deteriorate.

The one thing I wouldn’t use in any moving joint is concrete mortar. This by no means is meant to be an exhaustive list of the products available, there just too many to review in a blog.

#CONCRETE SLAB CRACK REPAIR EMECOLE FREE#

If you have used a product you feel good (or not) about feel free to leave a comment. While we provide concrete crack repair services and are happy to do so, these are jobs that many folks with time and patience can do to save money. I’ve written a few blogs in the past about repairing cracks in concrete, today I’d like to dig a little deeper and explain what product to use in a given situation and why.

Concrete slab crack repair emecole