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front porch steps are crumbing ( cement ) ffoursea 06-21-2008
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Posted by ffoursea on June 21, 2008, 8:11 pm
i like to know if its worth repair 2 front steps that are starting, to losing
their cement at the end. our just put a new cement step go up to front of the
house, which is four steps. the cement is the original
front steps from 1959. any ideals will help.
thank you
ffoursea


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Posted by aemeijers on June 21, 2008, 9:12 pm
ffoursea wrote:
> i like to know if its worth repair 2 front steps that are starting, to losing
> their cement at the end. our just put a new cement step go up to front of the
> house, which is four steps. the cement is the original
> front steps from 1959. any ideals will help.
> thank you
> ffoursea
>

Any answer you get on here will be just a random guess- it is impossible
to form a meaningful opinion without seeing them. Can you post pictures
somewhere, and post a link to them back here?

But speaking in generalities- it depends. If there are just a couple
cracks, they do sell patch kits. If the concrete is crumbling all over,
and/or tilting funny or pulling away from the house, time to tear it out
and start over.

Start with yellow pages, look for 'concrete finishing and flatwork'.
Most people in that trade are happy to do drivebys and verbal estimates.
The demo and removal of the old will cost as much as forming and pouring
the new work.
--
aem sends...

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