Fixing Concrete Block Wall

About 3 to 4 hours for cleaning and initial filling.

Fixing concrete block wall.

To do this you can t just spread new concrete onto the old blocks like cake frosting. Readily available materials can fix some cracking in a block wall without having to tear it down and add new concrete follow the instructions below and take care of this damage before it can cause problems. Hose the wall down or scrub it with a washcloth then use a metal file to smooth out any rough edges. To permanently patch the crack we used an epoxy injection system from polygem called the liquid concrete repair.

To repair small cracks or holes in cinder block walls you can use concrete. Cracks between 1 8 and of an inch often result from house settling or concrete shrinking within a few months after construction and so. First clean any parts of the wall that you plan to repair so the cement or mortar adheres securely. We repaired a foundation wall which had an 8 ft long crack that leaked water into the basement during periods of heavy rainfall.

In this video i ll show you a very simple process that i like to use to fix holes between the blocks where the mortar is missing in my garage. Additional time depending on extent of damagewearing safety goggles begin by cleaning all crumbling brick and mortar from the crack with a cold chisel and sledgehammer. The easiest fastest cheapest solution to repairing the cinder block was using poured concrete and then painting the entire wall to mask the patch. Where the crack runs through a brick or a concrete block use a brick chisel angled into the crack to widen and undercut the break.