I don't want to jack this thread, but I have a bit of a related question. When my garage was built to concrete guys sloped the floor too much, I would like to level it out a bit. What would you guys recommend doing? Probably has to go up about 1" and then taper out so I still have a bit of slope down to the drains. Once the concrete slope is reduced I'm planning on appling a polyaspartic coating.
Self Leveling Concrete, Large Pour.
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Have you considered rubber paving for the resurfacing? I don’t have any personal experience with this, but know a few guys that have gone this way for outdoor pads/aprons and like it. A few differences to concrete in a shop setting for sure, but might be something to look at anyway
Have you considered rubber paving for the resurfacing? I don’t have any personal experience with this, but know a few guys that have gone this way for outdoor pads/aprons and like it. A few differences to concrete in a shop setting for sure, but might be something to look at anyway
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skegpro
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That looks awesome, definetly gonna look into that.
Looks kinda like that softcrete stuff Bryan Baulmer peddles.
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Haven't chatted with them yet, but I imagine studs on tire would be fine as long as a guy isn't doing break stands.
Sled I haven't seen anything yet that is impervious to them.
I was thinking this rubber stuff would be a good floor for a home gym?
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I would never resurface with less than a 1in sla and even at that I would be hesitant. Its tough to bond it and deal with the cold joint. Even in a new pour, its tough to complete a pour at lesd than 3.5in from the stance of making sure your reinforcement is encased consistently.
You can self level in near any strength, you sometimes just need to get creative with plasticizers and other addatives. We recently cycled 12,000 psi, fibre reinforced 50 cube pours with a self levelling mix for almost 200 days straight in thicknesses at times of nearly 70in. You can do darn near anything right now with the proper mixes...really quite amazing.
You can self level in near any strength, you sometimes just need to get creative with plasticizers and other addatives. We recently cycled 12,000 psi, fibre reinforced 50 cube pours with a self levelling mix for almost 200 days straight in thicknesses at times of nearly 70in. You can do darn near anything right now with the proper mixes...really quite amazing.
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I think is am leaning towards pouring another 3-4" of rebar renfoirced slab on-top of the existing 6" , do you foresee any problems with that?
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Gym is for the wife lol.My garage is a bit tight, have to turn the wheels to jimmy the truck in there. Has scratched up the concrete - probably tear up the rubber.
Other thing is I bet it’s a bitch to clean the grime out of. I’m to particular to have a dirty floor.
Also, you lost me at home gym....
And her yoga friends.
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I wouldn't...just dowell it in nice and you'd be good. If you are worried about cold joint adhesion we've found that white glue surprisingly enough bonds well as long as joint is clean. If I were going to prep for good adhesion mechanically I'd probably skim cut the floor with a flail head type of cutting tool. MKes alot of dust, and is noisy, but is quick and leaves a great joint for adhesion
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