How to fix cracked driveway?

pash81

EricL

Thanks for sharing your question about repairing your driveway. It is technically possible to glue the broken piece back on, but it will not be able to withstand the daily weight and dynamic forces applied to it. Either the glue or the concrete will give way, and the repair would not be effective. I recommend engaging the services of a professional concrete driveway specialist and having your driveway modified to have a slope built at the front.

This will soften the approach to your driveway and will not crack the edge of the concrete base. Having the concrete base repaired with the same profile edge means that there is every possibility that the same type of damage will occur again.

Let me call on our experienced members @Dave-1 and @Nailbag for their recommendations.

If you have any other questions we can help with, please let us know.

Eric

pash81

Hi Eric, this got cracked as a big log of wood fell on this corner. Normally there are no cars etc which goes in this area. Also, I can't get the piece of concrete out as the broken part have gone further down in the ground and it's level is tiny bit lower than the other driveway now. So I'm just wondering if these is anything which I can fill in the gaps and bring it to a level again.

EricL

Hello @pash81

If vehicles are not going to go over it, I propose putting Dingo 10kg Mortar Mix as a cosmetic fix. Just make sure that the surface is totally clean and free of debris before you patch the surface. However, please note that any movement from the bottom piece will produce a crack at the top.

If you need further assistance, please let us know.

Eric

Nailbag

Hi @pash81 I think based on your reply that following @EricL suggestion to patch that small area will serve its purpose. I would recommend though applying a layer of Bondcrete first to ensure a better adhesion of the mortar layer.

regards Nailbag

Dave-1

Morning @pash81

Reafing through the responses I agree with @Nailbag that it can be repaired. I have not used bond vrete before so my suggestion is a little different.

I would dig out the area around the cracked piece (you will need to no matter what)

Once the area is cleaned you could judge if the piece can be "glued" back on.

If you are not happy with the look you could use some formwork and then use some Earl's 1kg Concremate Expanding Cement to fill in the hole. to ensure that it will be fixed to the slab of the driveway you could install some horizontal concrete screws first. This will ensure the piece stays fixed. Concretemates recomendation is for use on holes greater then 20mm from memory.

Here is the link for my project where I repaired some missing bits of concrete from my patio Concrete patio repair

Dave