Repairing concrete driveway cracks will help extend the lifetime of your concrete driveway in Calgary. Keeping water, dirt, and debris from penetrating the cracks in the driveway will preserve the cracks from widening and getting worse.
Successfully solving concrete driveway cracks starts first by determining why the crack came about in the first place. If the cracks in the driveway are small, hairline, 1/8 inch extensive or less, these are usually regular everyday shrinkage cracks. Sawing properly located joints will help reduce or remove those cracks, however some may additionally nevertheless appear.
Driveway cracks wider than 1/4 inch or more are commonly resulting from some sort of movement inside the concrete, up or down. So, if the soil under the concrete driveway wasn’t compacted properly, the concrete will settle and motivate a wide crack to appear. If the soil freezes under the concrete driveway it may push upward causing a wide crack.
Repairing a concrete driveway crack is a bit more complex than it sounds, contact us today for a free evaluation.