Concrete Repair Archive

  • garage pop-out

    What is a “Pop-out” in your Garage Floor?

    By definition a “pop-out,” in concrete, is the breaking away of the concrete surface leaving a “shallow, conical, depression in the surface.”  In Minnesota, it’s usually caused by freeze / thaw cycles, aggregate expansion (a stone in the concrete slab that may be close to...

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  • North Minneapolis Garage Floor

    Installing Concrete Coatings in Cold Weather

    Like many Minnesotans, many of the city dwellers have a cabin up north. Here’s the story: a family had built a log style detached garage near their cabin about 100 miles north of  Minneapolis. With Christmas on the way, the family wanted to have their...

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