Garage Door Apron Repair

We snapped a line half the width of the garage door thickness.

Garage door apron repair.

Depending on the type of issue and progression different solutions are available. It s attractive you can do it yourself and you can easily reset the pavers if the soil settles again. Snap a chalk line parallel to the garage door. The aprons are 18 wide by the length of the door.

If sinkholes are present the entire apron may need to be removed foundation filled and base material raised. We decided that we could repair any of the aprons in the project that needed to be repaired using cerlon. The apron of your driveway can sometimes sink causing a noticeable difference between your driveway and garage floor. Install expansion strip along garage edge.

1st class sunken apron repair. In this case the soil would need to be dug up and replaced. Cut out asphalt in a straight line across the full width of driveway approximately 2 3 feet out as needed from the garage door. We then installed a diamond masonry cutting blade on a skilsaw and cut a deep cut along the chalk line.

Thorough clean up of construction area. If your driveway apron is in bad shape presenting a danger to pedestrians the local code compliance officer may ask you to have it repaired which may include patching it to the city s. Pour new concrete apron with contraction joints and broom finish. Make sure it s out far enough to include all the settled asphalt.