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    Home » Renovations

    Repairing and Painting a Concrete Porch Floor

    By: Jane · Updated: 12 Oct, '21 · This post may contain affiliate links · 3 Comments

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    When completing our screen porch renovations, we had to decide what to do about our concrete porch floor. we decided to repair and paint it.

    Painted concrete porch floor

    As we were making decisions about our recent screen porch renovations, we had to decide what to do about our concrete porch floor. Previously, the concrete had been covered with an outdoor carpet that we purchased from Lowe's. I was pleased with how well it had held up over the past 11 years but in our efforts to go as low maintenance as possible, we decided to to repair and paint the concrete porch floor.

    In case you're new here, our house is about 100 years old, and originally there was a very small porch on the front of the house. It had always bothered me that you could see the outline of the old small porch underneath the carpet.

    Removal of brick edging of old porch

    So our contractor broke up the brick edging around the old porch.

    Crack in concrete porch floor

    And we had a large crack that needed to be fixed.

    Bags of concrete leveler

    Our contractor used this product to smooth out the crack and fill in where the old bricks were located.

    He worked very hard to get the porch as smooth and level as possible, but in a few days, we had a rainstorm and we noticed an area that had sitting water.

    So he came back and added more leveler so that the water would drain.

    In the meantime, Leo and I went to the paint store to pick out paint for the porch floor.

    Can of concrete paint

    We could not enter the PPG paint store but we consulted with a salesperson outside about what type of paint we needed to use. He recommended this product. I had to select a color using a paint deck and I quickly picked out a white with a light blue tint.

    I don't have any photos of the part where Leo and I painted the porch floor but he rolled it on and I brushed the edges and the porch steps.

    Then I decided that the color was too light and that it needed warming up a bit. So when we went to get another gallon of paint for the second coat, I changed the color to wheat sheaf, the neutral color that we used in our new laundry/mudroom last year.

    Painted concrete porch floor with a green buffalo checked rug

    Here you can see the final color in the above photo along with a new rug.

    Chipped concrete paint

    Underneath the rug is an area where the concrete paint has already chipped. UGH!

    We think what happened was that we didn't allow the area that was patched with the leveler to cure out because the paint is not chipping anywhere else.

    Luckily, the new rug hides this ugliness. We are not going to repaint the porch floor any time soon to fix this. We may put outdoor carpet down next year but we're not sure yet.

    Green buffalo checked rug

    In the meantime, I'm enjoying the new round rug that's under the table.

    Earlier this spring, I put together a mood board to help guide me in my decorating decisions. The painting near the center was my inspiration for the colors.

    Front porch mood board

    I'll be back later this week to show you the finished porch, I promise!

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    1. Dianne Stewart

      June 30, 2020 at 12:18 pm

      I painted our screened porch and the outside patio. It turned out great but i noticed a few places on the edges that are chipping. Not sure if I can touch it up or if I will have to paint the entire patio again. Not sure the paint will match since it is ‘weathered’.

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    2. Sherry H

      June 29, 2020 at 4:03 pm

      Hard to believe you've already been there 11 years. I love what you've done with the house and yards. I always look for something new when I drive by!

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    3. Linda Hickey

      June 29, 2020 at 2:51 pm

      That is a big challenge. But worth it all.

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