Sidewalks and curbs
When the expansion joint on a community walk opens
A joint that lost its filler is a maintenance line. It is not a slab that has to come out, until the panel itself fails.
An expansion joint that has lost its seal is a maintenance line, not a cracked slab that has to come out. Heat, irrigation, and sand in Central Florida pull the filler out, and the gap becomes a heel-catcher long before the panel itself fails.
Precision Concrete & Construction walks these joints for HOA managers in Orange, Seminole, Brevard, Volusia, Osceola, and Lake counties. A board that budgets only for grinds will still have open joints at the amenity the next summer.
Reseal is not a replacement
If the panels on both sides are sound and sitting, the joint can be cleaned and resealed. If a panel has dropped, the joint is the symptom. That is the cracked-slab page or the trip-hazard page, depending on the lip. Nikki Mejia will not write one line that says sidewalks when half the work is joint filler and half is takeout.
The proposal guide is how those lines should look on paper. This page is only the joint.
What this is not
This is not a product spec for a brand of sealant, and it is not a price list. Call (407) 925-7873 for a free assessment, or email info@precisionpaintandconstruction.com. Send a close photo of the gap and the street name.
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