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It was not your best-case scenario. A new Army/Air Force main exchange, an indoor mall with multiple vendors and a food court, was slated to open at Fort George G. Meade in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, in six weeks. The floor had been ground and polished, the racks staged and the food vendors’ equipment installed.
When tackling any historical restoration like the Mazza Castle project, I recommend surveying the structure thoroughly prior to construction, like a doctor would examine an ailing patient before making a diagnosis. Just like every person responds differently to treatment, so does the structure undergoing restoration.
Thermal-Chem has announced Hairline Crack Sealer, a new addition to its concrete repair and restoration line. Hairline Crack Sealer is a two-component, very low viscosity epoxy resin system designed to deeply penetrate and bond cracks in concrete structures.
Overland Park, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City, often makes it onto lists of the nation’s most livable cities. But for a slab of concrete, Overland Park is a bad place to be.
First Federal Savings Bank, Sheridan, Wyo., asked Doug Carlton if there was an overlay that could improve their cracked, uneven parking lot. He told them no. The crack pattern shows a problem beyond random cracking. He guessed that the concrete is too thin or not properly reinforced, or that the subgrade had failed.
What caused the crack? And what are the options for dealing with it, since we are going to apply a decorative overlay on the concrete? We talked to multiple contractors about our options, and there are a lot of opinions out there. Chris Sullivan gives several options on how to solve this common problem.
An engineered piece of metal that bridges cracks to hold two pieces of concrete together and an overlay can be installed right over the top.
Roadware MatchCrete Clear is a two-component aliphatic polyurethane for repairing cracks, spalls and joints in concrete subject to UV exposure from sunlight. This material is clear in appearance when applied and cured. You can add colored sand and pigments to create color-stable repairs that match almost any decorative or tinted […]
Besides being used to make thin yet durable countertops that don’t easily chip or break, a mix of PVA fibers and ductile concrete does an excellent job of fixing cracks in concrete.
To quote Leonard Cohen, “There is a crack in everything … that’s how the light gets in.”
