Concrete Overlay Questions

Leveling a garage floor 
Q. My garage is sloped in two directions. About 5 to 6 feet inside the garage door the concrete is sloped to the door and the rest of the garage is sloped …

Concrete overlay air bubbles 
Q. I had an overlay installed inside a house we are doing a remodel on. The overlay is a self leveling product. the concrete floor was cleaned very well, …

Leveling a concrete verandah Not rated yet
Question: I have just purchased a house where the previous owners made an entertaining room at the rear of the home. The problem is, half the floor is …

Depth of concrete required for a workshop floor Not rated yet
Q. I am having a new workshop built. The dimensions are 30' x 25', l am having the foundation base dug to 8" One side of the workshop will be for …

fixing an unlevel concrete pool deck Not rated yet
Q. last year we installed an inground pool ourselves, and did our own concrete, we had it brought in and only had one hour to smooth it out, needless …

Pouring new concrete floor over existing garage floor Not rated yet
Q. I have a garage that sits slightly below the level of the surrounding driveway. Is it safe for me to add 5-6" of concrete to the existing concrete …

Pour an overlay concrete floor over a sloped garage floor.  Not rated yet
Q. How to best pour a level concrete floor over the existing sloped concrete floor for a garage conversion into living space. The thickness of the …

laying concrete over concrete? Not rated yet
Q. My workshop floor, used for welding and machinery servicing, is concreted at 4 to 5 inches deep but the finish is very rough and not comfortable to …

pouring over exsisting garage pad. Not rated yet
Q. I purchased a home with an old garage pad. the past owner parked semi trucks on the pad, now it is cracked in many places. The garage has been moved, …

Concrete Driveway Overlay Not rated yet
Q. I have concrete aggregate finish driveway that was done very poorly. I am now wanting to do a spray texture with a stencil to make it look like stone …

Pouring concrete over a cracked slab Not rated yet
Q. I have a slab in front of my garage that is cracked due to frost heaves. Previous owners redid the garage floor about 5 years ago - it is now three …

saw in the expansion joints to help prevent cracking.  Not rated yet
Q. I read the article of "HOW TO STAMP CONCRETE STEP BY STEP". The step 6 says "Early the next morning saw in the expansion joints to help prevent cracking". …

Pour new concrete surface over 100 year old basement concrete floor Not rated yet
Q. I was wondering what the best way to go about resurfacing old cracked and unleveled concrete is. I have a 7'6" ceiling height with a floor that deviated …

Pouring a new concrete slab on an existing slab Not rated yet
Q. We have a concrete patio that is part of the house slab, I want to bring it up to the level of the existing slab about 3 1/2" to 4", is it possible …

Screed for underfloor heating Not rated yet
Q. I wish to place a 50mm screed (for underfloor heating) on 500 guage polythene on 140mm insulation on 150mm concrete slab. What time lag should I allow …

Finishing Basement floor by using a self-leveling overlay Not rated yet
Q. Hi. My basement floor is painted and has sections that are lower by an inch or so. I would like to level, polish and stain it. I also am thinking about …

Can I cover or change the surface of stamped entry? Not rated yet
Q. I have a large stamped entryway/front porch that is dangerous and ugly. I love the look when freshly sealed, but it doesn't last long and is very …

Existing expansion joints Not rated yet
Q. How do I keep the existing expansion joints in the concrete floor from cracking up through my stampable overlay? A. You must always honor existing …

Performance of concrete overlay for a driveway Not rated yet
Q. I am considering a concrete overlay on a driveway that is in fairly decent shape. I live in the East Bay area of San Francisco. How well will the …

Best self leveling overlay for a rough "lecamix" subfloor? Not rated yet
Hello, I live in Italy and am desperate for advice on finishing a concrete floor in our attic(3rd floor). We pulled out the old wood flooring and put …

Concrete Driveway Thickness Not rated yet
Q. How thick should my concrete driveway be? A. That depends on what kind of soil is being used under the concrete driveway. The soil should be gravel, …

Self Leveling Concrete Underlayment Not rated yet
Q. I know that when you use self leveling concrete you still need to have some flooring over it. Can you pour regular concrete over self leveling concrete? …

Covering Stamped Concrete Not rated yet
Q. We are looking to expand our existing patio area which is stamped concrete. We do not like the current stamped design on the patio. We were thinking …

Keeping existing drains and applying a new layer of concrete Not rated yet
Q. I've got a large stretch of outdoor existing concrete in which trench drains are placed periodically about 6 metres apart. There are 6 of these drains. …

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Sub floor over concrete Not rated yet
Q. We had a small extension built for our home on a "slab foundation". We have now carpeted the area & find that the sub-floor the contractor laid is …

Concrete Overlay to slightly slope patio before laying saltillo  Not rated yet
Q. I want to lay 24" x 16" x 1/2" Travertine Pavers on our 22' x 18' covered concrete patio that is against our house. The concrete is quite old, but …