New garage floor very slippery need suggestions.

[oosik]

Five years ago I didn't consider myself to be old. Now I'm sure that I am. I EXPECT to fall once or twice a year. Normally in the spring. Sun shines on the rocks - they break loose from their from their frozen entrapment - step on that rock - it twists - down I go.

I have learned - more or less - how to fall gracefully. Yes - it still hurts but nothing broken.

 

[2manyrocks]

Concrete is pretty unforgiving.

 

[90cummins]

May I ask how you replaced your concrete floor and what it cost? Was the old concrete removed completely or just resurfaced?

My 40 year old concrete garage floor has spalled from salt dripping off vehicles in Winter. It's still structurally sound and I'm wondering whether to replace or resurface. I'm also considering the sectional rubber mats that are used to cover minor surface flaws.

My BIL broke up the concrete with a hammer on his skid steer & removed it at no cost to me. I did all the prep & just paid for the rebar and concrete installation.
My flour was broken & not level enough for a 17’ door thus the removal.
90cummins

 

[2manyrocks]

May I ask how you replaced your concrete floor and what it cost? Was the old concrete removed completely or just resurfaced?

My 40 year old concrete garage floor has spalled from salt dripping off vehicles in Winter. It's still structurally sound and I'm wondering whether to replace or resurface. I'm also considering the sectional rubber mats that are used to cover minor surface flaws.

One thing to consider is whether your walls are sitting on the same monolithic concrete slab that is also your floor.

 

[bdhsfz6]

One thing to consider is whether your walls are sitting on the same monolithic concrete slab that is also your floor.

The slab is independent of the walls I placed expansion joint against the cement block walls and poured the concrete floor up against it. It would separate easily if I choose to break up the old floor.

 

[2manyrocks]

Picture of the spalling might spur someone's good idea?

 

[ponytug]

Since the concrete has decomposed, and flaked out, spalls are hard to fix in my opinion. You have to grind p, chisel, sand blast, or needle scale down to good concrete and then cut enough of a channel around the perimeter to get enough depth that the replacement material won't flake out.

The only ways that I know of are either grind it down to a new level, clean it out and pour in epoxy floor leveling compounds, or pour another two inch plus thick layer on top, or live with it. If it were me, I would go with the needle scale/grind out the bad areas, and pour in epoxy cement, but it is unlikely to match unless you coat the whole garage floor with the epoxy cement. Given that the cause was probably winter water / salt, pouring one of those epoxy cements over the whole floor is not all bad, just not cheap, and takes attention to detail.

All the best,

Peter

 

[90cummins]

Good idea. I think even a cheap carpet runner would work.

For sure, get something down before the old folks come to visit.

I did put some rubber runners down but they would hold a lot of water.
I’d rather be able to push the water out rather than let it pool under the runners.
90cummins

 

[sixdogs]

The big box stores use a floor wax on bare concrete that gives it a shine and has an anti-skid nature to the wax. You know this floor wax if you've walked into a Sam's or Costco. Whatever kind that is works.

 

[bdhsfz6]

Since the concrete has decomposed, and flaked out, spalls are hard to fix in my opinion. You have to grind p, chisel, sand blast, or needle scale down to good concrete and then cut enough of a channel around the perimeter to get enough depth that the replacement material won't flake out.

The only ways that I know of are either grind it down to a new level, clean it out and pour in epoxy floor leveling compounds, or pour another two inch plus thick layer on top, or live with it. If it were me, I would go with the needle scale/grind out the bad areas, and pour in epoxy cement, but it is unlikely to match unless you coat the whole garage floor with the epoxy cement. Given that the cause was probably winter water / salt, pouring one of those epoxy cements over the whole floor is not all bad, just not cheap, and takes attention to detail.

All the best,

Peter

I think the easiest solution would be to clean the spalled area, apply epoxy to level and then cover with a garage floor mat like this:

Amazon.com

That would hide the color irregularity and hopefully keep the epoxy from breaking up underneath.

The down side is, it would make sweeping more difficult.