How To Repair Concrete Wall Cracks
Injecting a typical wall crack with an epoxy or urethane resin is done under pressure pushing the material from the inside all the way to the outside.
How to repair concrete wall cracks. Just because a crack has formed in a concrete surface it doesn t have to look ugly. The rust oleum concrete patch and repair lends an elegant and smooth finish to the concrete surface. Use an epoxy injection system for basement wall crack repair. Fix concrete cracks in 8 steps step 1.
Being a homeowner comes with its fair share of maintenance and repair projects many of which like fixing minor cracks in the wall you can do yourself at home. We repaired a foundation wall which had an 8 ft long crack that leaked water into the basement during periods of heavy rainfall. Step 1 clean and prepare the cracked area. This helps the repair material to key into the crack creating a mechanical bond in addition to the chemical bond between the patch material and the concrete.
The injection process fills the crack from top to bottom from inside to outside. The only way to repair foundation wall cracks successfully is by the injection process. Whether you re dealing with drywall plaster or concrete it s possible to repair cracks in just a few hours with a handful of basic materials. How to repair wide concrete cracks.
The methods discussed in this article can be used to repair minor non structural cracks. Repair a foundation crack with an epoxy sealer photo geoffrey gross. To permanently patch the crack we used an epoxy injection system from polygem called the liquid concrete. Cracks that form in a concrete wall particularly a basement wall due to settlement frost heave or ground movement can be either structural or non structural.
Since it s quite easy to mix and apply anyone can use it to repair cracks on concrete surfaces in their property. We repaired a foundation wall which had an 8 ft long crack that leaked water into the basement during periods of heavy rainfall. The secret to fixing wide concrete cracks is to undercut the sides of the crack to give it an inverted v shape.