Driveway Repair
Concrete driveways can be repaired. Driveway repair work is a good option if partial sections of the driveway only need restoration. Generally, council approval is not needed for a driveway fix. At Concreting Sydney, we do concrete driveway repairs and can fix broken driveways.
Depending on your insurance policy, driveway repair can be covered. In most cases driveway insurance usually covers for sudden unexpected events only, such as a tree falling on the driveway after a severe storm.
Residential driveway repair before selling your house is a good option. As the driveway is a prominent feature of your home, an unsightly and unsafe driveway will be used by potential buyers as a bargaining chip on property price.
Repairing an industrial driveway is a suitable option where limiting driveway downtime is important. An industrial driveway serves many purposes in running a factory or commercial premises.
The constant beating of trucks, trailers and heavy loads on the concrete can wear down and shorten the longevity of an industrial driveway. If the industrial driveway is not designed to handle heavy weight, concrete can sink, shift or crumble away. An industrial driveway in these states can create a hazardous work environment.
Forklifts can jump over uneven concrete surfaces making an unsafe passage for the forklift operator. Also a sunken industrial driveway can impact with services under the concrete such as gas and water. If disturbed, this can cause a flow on of disruption in business operations.
An industrial driveway does not need to be fixed in one go as this can be a lengthy process. An industrial driveway can be repaired in stages, with the most important areas addressed first.
Loading bays are usually the priority for industrial driveway repair. Receiving and dispatching goods at all hours of the day, the quality and design of the concrete in this space is crucial in running a business efficiently.
How to repair driveway damage is sometimes unrelated to the performance of the concrete. Homeowners seeking to fix a driveway may need to address other issues before concrete driveway repairs.
Driveway damaged by tree roots is common in some parts of Sydney. A driveway lifted by tree roots creates a tripping hazard. If the existing concrete does not have reinforcement mesh, it is more likely that a vigorous tree root over time will crack and raise the concrete into many sharp and unstable pieces. A driveway repair tree roots plan may involve assessing how to mitigate tree root influence and possible slight relocation of the concrete driveway repair.
Residential driveway repair is sometimes due to a leaking or broken pipe underneath the concrete. Over time the leaking water can erode the sub base underneath the concrete. Hollow voids can be created by the erosion and cause the concrete to sink. Repairing driveway in these circumstances is more prominently found on sloped blocks where sub base erosion can accelerate if it extends to the concrete driveway edge. This creates a channel for the erosion to continue away from the concrete.
As residential driveways are smaller in scale compared with industrial driveways, if there are a lot of sections of the driveway required to replace, it may indicate the general condition of the concrete to be in a poor state. In this scenario, driveway repair vs replacement needs to be considered. Driveway repair cost may be similar between the two options.
Replacing footpaths can also be done with replacing sections of the driveway. Replacing and adjusting footpaths at the same time will usually provide a permanent footpath and driveway fix, with no further concrete maintenance needed.
Give us a call for your driveway repairs Sydney and see what options are available to you.
- Concreting Sydney