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Posted by DanG on March 4, 2007, 5:09 pm
Your plan should work well. A trowel will be too smooth to leave
as the finish, either use a float finish or plan on putting broom
tracks in the top. You will need an edger to run around the
edges. If there is not a rail at that location, I think you
should add one.
Another alternative might be to knock out enough walk to ramp up
the 4 1/2" or the full 9. Handicap code requires 1"/foot, no
rails required requires 1"/20". This would require more concrete,
more dirt work, more labor.
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>I need to add a small 4-1/2 " high step to an existing concrete
>sidewalk. Where the sidewalk meets the porch my dad has trouble
>stepping up to the 9" porch step. My thoughts were to pour a step
>about 4-1/2" high and 16" deep on top of the side walk to cut the
>stepping distance in half for him.
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> My plan was to drill a few holes in the old sidewalk, drop a few
> pieces of rebar in there to hold the new step. And just build a
> form for the step. I was going to use Quikrete and just smooth
> the top with a trowel, figure that will leave a rough enough
> surface so he doesn't slip in rain.
>
> Does that sound like a good plan?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
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