If you find cracks in your concrete, you want to ensure they are repaired correctly. Our expert lets us know the mistakes to ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A concrete basement floor often feels pretty stable (which it should), but we don't always appreciate that it's a dynamic structure subject to ...

Dear Jerry: My home was built in 1980. Over the past 10 years, the house has settled a bit, and as a precaution against further damage, I have since rerouted my gutter drainage pipes (once embedded ...

Seeing cracks in your garage floor is enough to send many homeowners spiraling into madness. Should you worry or not? And if ...

Cracks in basement floors can make any homeowner nervous. You might worry about structural issues, water seepage, or foundation issues. While some cracks in the concrete slab are harmless, others can ...

If there is one solid fact about concrete it is this: it is prone to cracking. Cracking is a natural, expected and accepted behavior of this venerable building material. It is also a condition that ...

Q: My problem has to do with a few fissure-type cracks in the concrete basement floor. When we get day-after-day monsoon marathons, the water reaches a saturation point, and the hydraulic pressure ...

Q. We have owned our home since it was constructed in 1984. The garage floor is now stained and cracked. We were going to paint it with a product advertised for use on garage floors. But we called the ...

A: Hairline cracks are often possible when you use polished concrete as your flooring. There are toppings that you can put over the floor to take care of those cracks. However, many people consider ...

Dutch researcher Joris Fellinger has developed a model that assesses and predicts the fire-resistant behaviour of concrete floor slabs. He discovered that the slabs crack after just 15 minutes but do ...