Q. I have a cement slab for a front porch and it is badly cracked. I would like to replace it with a composite deck. The problem is that when it rains, the water will run through the joints to the ...

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Always wear a dust mask or respirator, impervious gloves and eye protection when working with Portland cement. Mix one part ...

Applying control-joint filler demands balancing hardness to transfer loads, flexibility to move with the slabs and application timing to minimize tearing. A control joint (or contraction joint) is ...

Q: Our house has concrete slab floors, no basement or crawl. Our air conditioner and water softener used to drain to an opening in the floor in the utility closet, but the drain is stopped up. I was ...

Q: Tim, I need to replace a cracked section of my concrete driveway. My primary concern is matching the color and texture of the new patch to the existing driveway. It doesn’t need to be perfect, just ...

The American Concrete Institute and International Concrete Repair Institute updated the “Guide to the Code for Assessment, Repair, and Rehabilitation of Existing Concrete Structures" providing ...

When a concrete shower base leaks, it's time to survey the situation to determine the level of repair needed. If it's a tiled bottom, the project just got bigger. If it's an exposed concrete base, the ...

QI have a statue of a blue heron, but the neck is broken. The statue is about four feet tall, and I think it is made of concrete or a composite of concrete and another material. I would like to have ...