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What material are your tiles?
Pretty sure any pool copers can be made from pavers, any good mason will do it.
Price will vary with materials however. Your quote might… Patchy concreteHi All,
We have concreted at different stages and now we have a whole lot of patchy concrete as opposed to the whole pieces typically seen in driveways.
I’d like to… Best way to level small concrete slab?Any suggestions on the suitability of doing this?
Had concrete done and the concreter put a 20mm edge where the tank is to go and a very slight lean foward across where… Callifo replied 24 December 2020 ago Hi,
I'm not sure whether this is the correct forum for my question.
Our townhouse is built on a slightly sloping block. At the back of the house is a timber deck on… Laying paver against the house foundationHi,
I am wanting to lay some pavers in an area that will be from my house slab to the fence. I want to lay them on a concrete slab. My concern is that they will be a few… Soph2 started a topic 2 December 2020 ago Soph2Dec 02, 2020 9:54 pm Hi all
I built a house a year ago. Unfortunately due to the slope of the block we had large retaining walls placed on either side of the boundary of the block (above 1m in… SkuksNov 22, 2020 6:58 pm Existing standard 150mm profile kerb and guttering ends on the upside of my property boundary and stormwater runoff from the nearby junction road flows into my small… Extending alfresco slab
Hi Rhys,
A couple of things you should consider-they may or may not be relevant to your situation but worth thinking about:
1. The waffle slab and the new slab will… I have discovered a concrete slab under the pavers on my driveway which consists of a 3-4 inch solid base and a softer brittle 1/2 inch section on top. I was forced to… Exposed agg driveway colour issueIt's a bit hard to tell from the photo but in all honesty I think I'd be getting them to rip it out and redo it.
That looks like a cold join where they have had to stop… chippy replied 6 October 2020 ago Resurfacing Concrete DrivewayBasically once a concrete slab is cracked there is no way to get rid of the crack.
One repair is a thin layer of asphalt. . . . but after two or three years that will… concrete drivewayHi everyone
For the past few months I noticed my concrete driveway has started to crack in multiple places at a rapid rate. I would like to know what is the average… lbrennan started a topic 28 September 2020 ago Hi there,
I’m having a pool built next to the side of the house. The pool height and pavers along side of the house are higher than the weep holes.
The pool builder is… Just had some concrete done and found that it doesn't slope away from my existing patio so pooling badly. Also concreted over the bottom of my colourbond fences and… Concrete against fenceI'll be interested as well. Is there a sealer to deal with this gap? I am in a similar situation but have concrete sleepers abutting the concrete footpath. My sleepers are… Plastic membrane under footpathJust wondering if I can install a plastic membrane under my footpath to direct water away from my house straight to a french or channel drain. I am having my retaining… John0322 started a topic 1 September 2020 ago Aggregate Spider cracks
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correct and properly place reinforcement and concrete doesn't crack in that way,
It sounds like they did a poor job, did you have it properly… Hi all,
Looking for some advice please. I am in the process of replacing all the mortar in the paving… Long story short, moved into a house 2.5 years ago (25 year old house). continually having problems. solve one issue, onto the next.
I've been finding and solving… Hello. I have a large concrete driveway which we had speckled paint done about 6 years ago. Unfortunately the concrete is developing lots of fine cracks. I am unsure if it… Hi there,
Looking at getting a new driveway done. I currently have a single driveway and wish to expand it to a double. My block of land is large enough for council to… Your 1:20 ARI is 170mm/h.
ok thanks for letting me know. It has been suggested to me that the white is not bleaching, its just where the concrete sealant has been removed by the acetone, so it… Cracks in slabLooks like a problem, hard to evaluate without a scale (is your crack larger than ?). There may be a dozen reasons for this, most likely a mistake in the construction technique. Concrete driveway testing - please helpWhen we test concrete in place we have a couple of tools available:
- Schmidt Hammer tests. A non-destructive way to measure the strength of the concrete surface. They can… Silicon in our new exposed aggregate
Thanks Chippy - with our job it affects our driveway and 30sqm of alfresco - the alfresco is just disastrous though, its honestly shocking with mass craters over the… alymei replied 19 April 2020 ago Concrete Watertank buildI also had a concrete tank at my house for more than 10 years but It's not good for the terrace. It may cause some kind of leakages. Now I've bought a steel water tank… Cracks in concrete drivewayThanks for the reply Chippy
I have already written to builder with the photographs but no reply yet. Can it be considered as a defect?
Because it is quite low (even lower… slurmMar 09, 2020 9:31 pm We had our driveway poured 4 days ago on a hot day. The concrete has dried but the driveway has turned to have different shades at three different parts (probably as they… Hairline crack in exposed aggregateOh guys, same here. 2 months later the driveway done in the same style, I can see a crack very much alike as above one. Is there any outcome we can see? cromorc replied 20 January 2020 ago Paving around houseHere is some information about why foundations on some soils need to kept dry.
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