Wonder what looks best and holds up.
Install concrete driveway expansion joints.
Without a concrete expansion joint your sidewalk or driveway would crack.
Watch as i review 5 ways of filling concrete expansion joints and my personal favorite.
Like i said in the intro these joints allow concrete pads to expand and contract during freeze thaw cycles.
The pro will level the concrete smooth it and finish it before cleaning and sealing the driveway.
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Control joint depth all control joint depths must be a minimum of 1 4 the thickness of the slab.
Joints are commonly spaced at distances equal to 24 to 30 times the slab thickness.
The easiest way to add expansion joints is to do it during the pouring of your cement slab.
Your concrete installer should hand tool or sawcut them to a depth equaling one fourth the slab thickness or 1 inch for a 4 inch slab.
Curing after the concrete finishing is done the curing process must start.
In addition to control joints an isolation jointshould be installed where the driveway meets a sidewalk garage floor slab and other existing pavements.
Most concrete driveway installation costs between 1 800 and 6 000 or 4 to 15 per square foot.
Joint spacing in feet contraction joints may be tooled into the concrete surface at the time of placement.
This video will demonstrate how we go about installing expansion joints also know as deep joints.
Check out the complete project here.
Cover the slab with plastic sheets or.
Wooden or felt expansion joints joint trowels or specially cut concrete can support the individual sections.
If your driveway is 12 feet wide then space control joints every 12 feet to make symmetrical slabs.
As you finish pouring each section of your driveway slip an expansion joint into the form between the section you ve just poured and the section you are about to pour.
Joint spacing in meters.