Fixing Concrete Block Wall

To repair small cracks or holes in cinder block walls you can use concrete.

Fixing concrete block wall.

We repaired a foundation wall which had an 8 ft long crack that leaked water into the basement during periods of heavy rainfall. A concrete block wall whether outdoors or otherwise can suffer damage due to weather flooding or accident. Cracks between 1 8 and of an inch often result from house settling or concrete shrinking within a few months after construction and so. 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.

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. Concrete wall crack repair in 8 steps use an epoxy injection system for basement wall crack repair. 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. To do this you can t just spread new concrete onto the old blocks like cake frosting.

The easiest fastest cheapest solution to repairing the cinder block was using poured concrete and then painting the entire wall to mask the patch. If the crack is wider than 1 8 inch it should be sealed. 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. About 3 to 4 hours for cleaning and initial filling.