New Homeowner looking for advice on concrete driveway repair

Hi All

I recently purchased my first home and the concrete driveway is in need of some repair. Unfortunately I can’t afford to hire a professional right now to do the repairs so I am looking at doing the work myself.

I have never worked with concrete so I was wondering if anyone here wouldn’t mind passing on some advice.

I uploaded some pictures of the problem areas I am looking to repair.

1. Where the driveway meets the garage slab the driveway has sunken and the garage concrete is starting to crumble away. I don’t know how I should go about repairing this? Should I patch the concrete here with hydraulic cement , or am I better off cutting a portion of the driveway away and pouring a patch

2. At the front of the driveway the concrete is sunken and cracked. I plan to rent a jackhammer, remove everything and pour new concrete here. I am going to put stone down and rent a tamper as well before pouring the concrete. My question is since I am doing this in sections and cannot frame the whole pour in, how do I deal with where the new concrete meets the old section. Should I use those felt dividers I have seen before or am I better off renting a concrete saw and cutting a line after it sets

3. At the side of my garage the concrete is slanted towards the foundation. I plan to pull this all up and pour new concrete here with a grade away from my garage.


Thanks so much for any advice!

Cheers

Chris

Where the drive intersects the garage slab I would just patch as you suggested.

On the sideyard the problem there is from compaction, so you options are mud-jacking or remove, compact and replace.

At the intersection with the public rite-of-way, if the approach is within the street easement you are probably restricted from replacing the approach without a bonded contractor.

Here in my town you can pour your own concrete all the way up to the road. You just have to have the city inspector there while you are doing it so he can check your work before during and after the pour . and he can stop it at any time.

Hi Guys Thanks for the replies!

I had no clue there would be any regulations for pouring concrete up to the curb. Thanks for the heads up on that , i will definitely check with the town to see what the rules are here.

For the patching of the cement at my garage is there any specific product you would recommend, or is hydraulic cement fairly generic.

Chris

chris parsons said:

Hi Guys Thanks for the replies!

I had no clue there would be any regulations for pouring concrete up to the curb. Thanks for the heads up on that , i will definitely check with the town to see what the rules are here.

For the patching of the cement at my garage is there any specific product you would recommend, or is hydraulic cement fairly generic.

Chris

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Some jurisdiction will require that portion within the rite-of-way only be accomplished by a state lic. , bonded contractor, with a core sample provided and tested.

Others are kind of provincial.

Yes, just a hydraulic mortar or deck cement.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rapid-S...pose-Construction-Material-02010055/202188447

They have several videos you can watch.

Thanks Bud!