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Posted by Shirley Banks on July 22, 2005, 9:54 pm
"Sherman" wrote
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> Sounds good. I'd like to screw the water hose onto such a bag and
> lift it about a foot and then back fill so it settles down about even.
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> Wonder where one gets such a bag?
My mother-in-law
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Posted by deans@wdeans.com on July 22, 2005, 7:27 pm
Greetings,
If it has really sunk 6" you might consider pouring another 4-6" of
concrete on top of the existing sidewalk. This way you get a brand-new
looking sidewalk a foot thick.
Hope this helps,
William
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Posted by meirman on July 24, 2005, 5:46 am
In alt.home.repair on 22 Jul 2005 19:27:03 -0700 "deans@wdeans.com"
>Greetings,
>
>If it has really sunk 6" you might consider pouring another 4-6" of
>concrete on top of the existing sidewalk. This way you get a brand-new
>looking sidewalk a foot thick.
Not only that, when it gets to be over 8" you can give it to the
county and they will maintain it.
Well, not really, but our n'hood streets are so thin that the county
won't take them. We have to continue to pay for the snow-plowing and
the reblacktopping.
>Hope this helps,
>William
Meirman
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Posted by Harry K on July 24, 2005, 7:49 am
deans@wdeans.com wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> If it has really sunk 6" you might consider pouring another 4-6" of
> concrete on top of the existing sidewalk. This way you get a brand-new
> looking sidewalk a foot thick.
>
> Hope this helps,
> William
Very good idea. Probably a lot cheaper than any other fix. It doesn't
address the sinking problem but then I suspect that most of the
'sinking' is due to the ground building up over the years. Unlikely
that such a large section of 'crete' would sink evenly without serious
cracking and uneveness.
Harry K
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Posted by meirman on July 25, 2005, 5:21 am
In alt.home.repair on 24 Jul 2005 07:49:29 -0700 "Harry K"
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>deans@wdeans.com wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> If it has really sunk 6" you might consider pouring another 4-6" of
>> concrete on top of the existing sidewalk. This way you get a brand-new
>> looking sidewalk a foot thick.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> William
P&M
>Very good idea. Probably a lot cheaper than any other fix. It doesn't
>address the sinking problem but then I suspect that most of the
>'sinking' is due to the ground building up over the years. Unlikely
>that such a large section of 'crete' would sink evenly without serious
>cracking and uneveness.
FWIW, my stoop/aerie way has sunk 6 inches in 26 years without
cracking. It's about 20 feet by 2 feet where it is a stoop, by 8 or 9
feet where it is a "patio".
Either that or the house has gone up 6 inches.
>Harry K
Actually the lowest 16 houses in my n'hood, and about the 20 lowest
houses in the next n'hood, probably built by a different builder, all
in a row close to the stream fwiw, have all had sinking stoops. Some
have cracked. I can't even guess at what percentage.
Still, I agree that his idea is a good one.
Meirman
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