Concrete Crack Repair

[KD]

My patio is one-year old, and has a hairline crack going across it.

I'm looking for the best way to repair this.

You can find a picture here:

Thank you!

[Joseph Meehan]

I would not bother trying to fix it. It is likely to continue to move until things settle down. I would give at least another year and then try some concrete crack filler.

[BobK207]

Unfortunaely the crack control "cuts" didn't do their job. I

MO any attempt at repair (shorto of removal of the cracked "section" will be more noticable than the crack itself.

Concrete cracks, the key is getting the crack to be where you want them :)

[KD]

So would you guys just cut the entire section out (7x7 feet), or cut on both sides of that crack (maybe 7x3) and regroove there?

I don't mind the demo work and repouring, but if I don't have to do a TON of concrete, that's all the better.

What about the overlay stuff?

[Chris]

[KD]

I had a guy do it, and I can't seem to get him back out here to look at it, but he's aware of it. The house was in for over a year before the patio, so most of the settling should have been done, and the same guy did my other flatwork around my house with no other cracks, so I'd guess it's a bad guess on the expansion joints (we had a hard time deciding with all of the curves in the patio (it has rounded edges, and several turns).

The crack is just outside where the door exits. I'm fairly sure that the prep work was done well. No other cracking is evident at this point, and the crack itself is fairly stable (it's been there since a few months after the install, and has maintained.

Maybe I'll just wait until next summer/spring, then cut it out and redo that section.

[Chris]

[Amun]

As Joseph already said, something hasn't settled yet or it would not have cracked.

Wait a year or two, or just chisel out the crack and refill with thinset if the aesthetics are that bad but it will likely crack again if it keeps settling.

Did you do this yourself or did you hire someone to do the job ?

There may be a warranty.

[Gazoo]

Sometimes the best laid concrete cracks..its just the nature of concrete.

I'd just leave it alone if it doesn't heave.

No-one notices but you anyway.