CONCRETE STITCHING!

We used carbon fiber Crack Locks and Straps from Rhino to STOP a moving crack.

First we had to open and clean the crack using a v-shaped diamond blade grinder. Then blow off all the dust debris inside the opened crack. Then we marked the location of the carbon fiber crack-locks, spacing them around every 8 to 12 inches. We saw cut the lines of the locks, then drilled in holes at the end of the saw-cut lines. Vacuum and shoot pressurized air into the cracks and cuts.

Then we inserted a layer of epoxy paste into the groves, inserted the locks and applied a final version of the epoxy paste.

Once all crack locks where cured (about 2 hours in), we installed carbon fiber straps to redistribute the stresses caused by the fracture. We applied an epoxy primer layer on clean ground off concrete, the installed the strap, and topped the strap with another epoxy layer.

FInally we inserted concrete repair material inside the remaining gaps of the crack for the only purpose of sealing the big wide nasty crack!

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