Preventing Your Concrete Driveway from Cracking

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Preventing your concrete driveway from cracking
What may look like a small crack on your concrete
driveway could break your back and cause to spend
thousands of dollars in hospital bills and
rehabilitation. There are different reasons why
concrete driveways develop cracks and even though
you can never expect to have a driveway that is
completely crack free, you can easily avoid most
of them if your driveway contractor know what
causes them in the first place. Stop the
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with weight Good Hiring Practices
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Stop The Sodium
Temperature changes cause fluctuations in the
concrete on your driveway the expansion during
hot periods and contractions in cold periods will
definitely cause a crack to occur. If you live in
an area where winter brings snow and ice you will
need to do something about your driveway. Most
people use salt to dissipate the ice without
knowing the negative impact it has on a concrete
driveway. The moisture that comes as a result
melting ice and snow that permeates the concrete
freezes inside the concrete leading to pressure
that causes cracking.
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Take care of sunny side and weight
The same way that winter brings extreme
conditions is the same way that summer will do.
Concrete on your driveway expands considerably
during the day and falls back when night falls.
You can protect your concrete driveway from
adverse effects by applying an acrylic silicone
based sealer so as to protect it from cracking. A
good epoxy injection should also be able to
repair cracks there are also other methods such
as dry packing or sealing and routing for crack
stability. One major reason why many
residential concrete driveways crack is as a
result more weight than what the concrete can
handle structurally. Most of the residential
driveways you know are designed with not more
than four inches of concrete which can only
handle up to 10,000 lbs. the truth of the matter
is that most family cars and especially SUVs and
trucks weigh more than10, 000 lbs. and this will
definitely cause a problem. Your concrete pouring
contractor should use rebar or wire mesh to
support the concrete or make the concrete at
least six inches thick if you intend to drive or
park on it.
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Good Hiring Practices
Many issues to do with the cracking of concrete
driveways will have their genesis with the
initial concrete pouring job. You must therefore
make sure that your driveway contractor has the
skills and right equipment to do the right job
from the very beginning. Cracks could happen on
your concrete driveway but you can add to its
longevity and minimize cracking by hiring a
qualified concrete pouring contractor.
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