Concrete driveway repair

zolablue25

Hi

I have let my concrete driveway get into a bit of dis-repair and need to sort it out. I have some patches to sort out and searching for "concrete patch repair" brings up a number of different products that contain various bonding agents. I was wondering whether anyone could recommend a product that has suitability for a drive and is also easy to prepare and use (not a particularly skilled diy-er)?

Cheers

Mistral001

With regard to getting the patch material to bond to the concrete it is essential to prepare the hole or crack properly. You need to use a chisel to cut the surface you want the material to bond to back to clean concrete. In theory the best repair material is just ordinary concrete with a fine aggregate and a strongish mix applied to a dampened prepared surface and covered with polythene sheeting for about a week to ensure proper hydration of the cement paste in the concrete (usually called curing). I have used this on my back yard and it has worked, but you do have to know what you are doing and it can go wrong easily if any part of the procedure is done less than perfectly.


Most contractors will use proprietary products which will ensure adhesion and will be more forgiving if the preparation or curing is less than perfect. You need to use a product which can be used in areas which can be constantly wet, so PVA is not usually recommended.

zolablue25

Hi Mistral, yes I've decided against going with concrete for exactly the reasons you state, plus I don't want to be without my drive for the week. If nobody can come up with a recommendation for a particular product then I'm just going to stick a pin in and select one at randon (obviously narrow it down to ones that are stated as being heavy duty suitable for a drive).