Concrete repairs

[normspanners]

This is not fake !!! 300ft deep wow!! now that is frightening , imagine driving along at night and just thinking it was dark patch on the road coz the street light was out !!

 

[normspanners]

Norm you bodger

They dont call me Roger for no good reason
In fact they dont call me GOOD , for nothing !!
HUMMM --------or do they------????

 

[the snooper]

This is not fake !!! 300ft deep wow imagine driving along at night and just thinking it was dark patch on the road coz the street light was out !!

where is your bucket of pitch for this one

 

[normspanners]

where is your bucket of pitch for this one

HEHE how would you even think about repairing that ??

 

[the snooper]

HEHE how would you even think about repairing that ??

I think it would take at least 2 ton to fill that pothole

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Some horrors here http://www.nbcnews.com/slideshow/striking-sinkholes-earth-opens-up-51007724

Check out pic #2, the driver looks to still be sitting in the car and somebody takes the time to snap a photo......

The one Norman posted above is #4 on the list, and is in Guatemala - as is #7....not a place to take your Summer holidays by the look of it.

 

[the snooper]

Some horrors here http://www.nbcnews.com/slideshow/striking-sinkholes-earth-opens-up-51007724

Check out pic #2, the driver looks to still be sitting in the car and somebody takes the time to snap a photo......

The one Norman posted above is #4 on the list, and is in Guatemala - as is #7....not a place to take your Summer holidays by the look of it.

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[slim_boy_fat]

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Worked for me Aaaand one more time http://www.nbcnews.com/slideshow/news/striking-sinkholes-earth-opens-up-51007724/

 

[the snooper]

Worked for me Aaaand one more time http://www.nbcnews.com/slideshow/news/striking-sinkholes-earth-opens-up-51007724/

working

 

[the snooper]

Worked for me Aaaand one more time http://www.nbcnews.com/slideshow/news/striking-sinkholes-earth-opens-up-51007724/

no7 the guy in the house, you can clearly see its a well by the bricks and mortar in a circular shape

 

[slim_boy_fat]

^^ Aye, and they just built over it and put down floor tiles....

 

[Cobbler]

Did the earth move for you dear?

 

[Robotstar5]

This is not fake !!! 300ft deep wow!! now that is frightening , imagine driving along at night and just thinking it was dark patch on the road coz the street light was out !!

If that was our council, they would spray paint a white mark round it to indicate the repair, then leave it for months

 

[slim_boy_fat]

You could always report that to https://www.fixmystreet.com/

 

[pedrobedro]

One opened up last year in a car park for the shopping precinct here. It was attributed to ancient mine work and it was about 3 metres across. Council just tipped rubble fill down it and tarmacked over the top and it's been good since.

 

[Fraserb]

I have a change of use on the go and need to fill a grip in some concrete. It's approx 2 " deep at one side feathering away to nothing at the other side about 45 ft long, so, not a huge volume.
The area is going to become a wet tipping area for grain so will need to be hard-wearing and resistant to grain bucket cutting edge and heavy traffic. A local builder suggested a self-leveling compound.
Any thoughts, it needs to be filled as the grain bucket will be traveling at 90 degrees and will be far too aggressive.
Thanks

We've tried a few different things for repairs and nothing works once it starts to get too thin, usually end up breaking out and relaying.

 

[gaz1]

the best way is too overlay the lot with 4-6" concrete in a slope

the front edge being broken up as thats would be the thinest point

then relay another layer infront of it as a run up or flattened area for the vehicle to run on

 

[Kram]

Our garden steps had a inch or two wide crack due to ground moving, the cracked area was very thin concrete. I ground it out with a diamond blade and filled with spare postcrete, the diamond ground it flat to the surrounding step and was quite happy with it.

2 years later I can see the lower join with postcrete has a tiny straight line gap starting to appear where it joins the original, knly on lower side, but the repair still looks 1000x better than before.

Small cosmetic repairs, yes. Stop it moving, no chance.

Have a photo?

 

[bourbon]

@Parm, It didn't look bad when we had the meet up at your place. As others have said, save a few bob and leave it until you have had the building work done.

 

[Prajna]

Or have a chat to a friendly Royal Engineer. We used to use some kind of resin for airfield damage repair. That stuff stuck in a moment and did it well enough that there was no danger of foreign object damage. Don't recall the name though.