Slippery Driveway - How to Fix?

cyrax83 on 10/12/2020 - 15:07

Hi All,

I just bought a new house but unfortunately I have a problem with the driveway. The driveway is on an incline (I'd say about 45 degrees) but the previous owners seem to have put a shiny or glossy paint on the driveway. When it rains, it's super slippery so very risky of slips and falls. Also when I tried to bring my car into the garage one of the rainy days, it was skidding so not much traction either. I heard one of the previous tenants slipped on the driveway and hurt herself too when it was wet.

What methods are there of removing or stripping the paint back to put something on that is more safer and less slippery? And would it be an expensive job?

Here are some pics:
https://imgur.com/a/Rm0eLw5

Home & Garden

Comments

  • onetwothreefour on 10/12/2020 - 15:10
    +1

    Never tried this but let us know how you go?

    https://concretecoatingsealers.com.au/product/non-slip-paint…

  • Master Bates on 10/12/2020 - 15:12
    +1

    Paint some TreadRite over it?

  • cyrax83 on 10/12/2020 - 15:17

    Interesting - would that work or just screw it up even more? Would it stick to the existing paint?

  • holdenmg on 10/12/2020 - 15:21

    Hi,

    Have a look at:
    2.6 Surface Finish

    https://www.ccaa.com.au/imis_prod/documents/Library%20Docume….

    Maybe see whether what was specified in the Build was what you got.

    • onetwothreefour on 10/12/2020 - 15:42

      How would he know what was specified in the build? He bought what someone else built.

    • cyrax83 on 10/12/2020 - 15:48

      It was completed by previous owner/builder so yeah can't go down that route

      • holdenmg on 10/12/2020 - 15:55

        Oh, OK, I misread that. :+)

  • SF3 on 10/12/2020 - 15:49
    +2

    skidding so not much traction either

    good for "burn outs" :p

    I'd say about 45 degrees

    Looks pretty flat from the image, where is this 45 degrees…

    A quick hack, maybe place some outdoors rubber mats along on areas what you plan to walk?

    • cyrax83 on 10/12/2020 - 15:52

      Ok maybe not 45 degrees hah bit of an exaggeration. Probably 30 degrees in reality. Yeah could use rubber mats but want to try organise something a bit more permanent.

      • lolz112 on 11/12/2020 - 16:31

        Considering the world's steepest street is 35 degrees i doubt it's 30. It looks like it's under 20 degrees based on the stairs to be honest.

  • Agarwal on 10/12/2020 - 16:00
    +6

    Turn it into a Slip n Slide and charge the local children a small fee to use it.

  • GG57 on 10/12/2020 - 16:03
    +3

    Shouldn't this forum be something like "Help Me Buy a 4WD for my Driveway" ?

  • djones145 on 10/12/2020 - 16:29
    +3

    sell the house
    prolly why the last owner sold

  • cyrax83 on 10/12/2020 - 16:41

    Looks like i'll have to get in touch with some builders / concreters to remove the sealer and figure best way. Thanks all

    • ShannonN on 10/12/2020 - 21:20

      Make friends with local council road repair crew cover drive with bitumen for cases of beer

  • Euphemistic on 10/12/2020 - 17:22
    +1

    Try a concrete coating company. I got a quote a while ago to have a textured spray on surfacing out over our painted driveway. Another local driveway with the same product seems to be really good and has held up well.

    Wasn’t cheap ($4k), but would have some guarantee of workmanship and product va a DIY kit that would be cheaper but could get messed up.

  • tebbybabes on 10/12/2020 - 17:23

    Interesting. It looks remarkably similar to the finishing applied to our driveway. However in our case we have an incline of around 25°. From your photos, ours actually looks steeper.

    At any rate, we haven't found our driveway particularly slick, but do find that when it is raining, traction is definitely compromised. I'd be interested in hearing what your builders or concreters will say.

    At our old place, body corporate had contracted a fellow to reseal our communal driveways. He applied some thick stuff that actually applied similar to paint. The end result was quite nice and neat looking and it didn't make it slippery. If anything, it felt like traction was actually improved.

  • jv on 11/12/2020 - 16:31

    Sticky shoes…

  • Logical on 13/12/2020 - 18:52

    Avoid more topping paints, sealers etc.. just more headache in future maintenance.

    Get the surface sandblasted to remove the paint you have.

    Then high water pressure wash twice a year or so to maintain the rough finish.

  • nswnotill on 17/12/2020 - 07:55

    Perhaps look for one of those asphalting companies that does small jobs. Apply a coating of tar, and then spread rough aggregate over it.

    • Euphemistic on 17/12/2020 - 12:20

      No. Bad idea for concrete.

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