so...im pretty handy with most stuff around the house, ive never done any type of concrete repair however. hence my question...heres the steps from the basement mud room leading up to the back porch...
that piece has really been pissing me off lately...as you can see, you can kick it into place, but its only a matter of time before it falls out again. what would be the best method for fixin this? mix up a little bit of quickrete and just kinda patch it up and shove that piece in there? or is there another type of concrete 'glue' that i could use? any help would be appreciated...and any jokes are welcome also, i guess
I'm not a big home repair guy, but couldn't you just mix a small amount of concrete, put a board in front of it, poor the concrete in, and smooth it out.. The only problems I'd see is you'd have to buy a much bigger concrete bag than you need, and it would not look ideal as the new stuff would look a different shade as what's already there.
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Mellanby_equals_grit wrote:I'm not a big home repair guy, but couldn't you just mix a small amount of concrete, put a board in front of it, poor the concrete in, and smooth it out.. The only problems I'd see is you'd have to buy a much bigger concrete bag than you need, and it would not look ideal as the new stuff would look a different shade as what's already there.
Yeah, you'd have to buy more than you need.... but a bag of Quikrete is, what.... $4 or so? And for that small of a repair, you could mix it in a large bucket.....
That's the way to go imho. The colors of the concrete won't match, but if you don't care, go for it....
There is a patch type cement that makes it stick better than staight cement. I had a similar problem but my patch failed after a year due to water that seeped into the step. I ended up replacing the whole step.
The stuff they have at Lowe's, somebody mentioned quickcrete or whatever, will fix that right up. Just jam a board on the kick part of the step and pour the stuff in place. you can chisel or file it down afterward to get the exact shape you want. I patched our old steps in affton before we sold the house and it looked real good. I used two different kinds of the quick cement but I can't remember the names of the products.
btw, get rid of the old piece and just fill the whole missing part
that's what I would fukking do man
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I think quickcrete might be too gritty for a finished surface like a step.
They've got concrete repair kits at Lowe's/HD that'll work just fine. If you're hell bent on "gluing" that piece back in they make concrete caulk you can use to fill in the gaps too.
thanks yall. i think im gonna try some of that 10 minute stuff and do the board thing also. yea, im gonna try to just fill it in, i dont really care too much about the looks, its just me tripping over it all the time. anyway, thanks again
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Prngr44 wrote:I think quickcrete might be too gritty for a finished surface like a step.
They've got concrete repair kits at Lowe's/HD that'll work just fine. If you're hell bent on "gluing" that piece back in they make concrete caulk you can use to fill in the gaps too.
concrete caulk sucks. don't listen to these two. they don't know what the fukk they're talking about. I think they are both liberals too. Go figure.
I have done EXACTLY what you're doing. Rip the piece out and fully replace it.
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