[Shop-talk] Repairing a Concrete Step

[Brian Kemp]

Jim - Home Depot and Quickrete have a series of videos on just that 
subject.  See
http://howto.homedepot.com/videos/watch/876670650001/How-to-Repair-Concrete-Steps-and-Edges-Using-Quikrete-Fast-Setting-Concrete-The-Home-Depot.html

They also have a video on concrete resurfacing.

Brian

On 9/1/2012 6:02 PM, Jim Stone wrote:
> So, besides the broken railing, the corner of the step by that railing is
> broken.  (Which may explain the broken railing: someone may have put too much
> weight on it and broken both the railing and the step.) It is still attached
> to the rest of the step, but the crack goes all the way around (creating a
> kind of pyramid shape) and I assume a good hammer blow will knock it off.  I
> also want to fix that after I am finished repairing the railing.  I have never
> done concrete repair before, but it doesn't look too difficult.  I do think I
> would need some way to make sure the patch stays attached to the rest of the
> step.  I spent some time looking at the Quickrete products at Home Depot today
> and see they have several different bonding agents that are designed to help.
> I was also thinking about doing something like putting a couple of lag bolts
> into the base, perhaps with lead anchors, sizing them so they would be
> completely encased in the new concrete.  Then build a wood form around the
> area and pour in new concrete.
>
> Would that work?  Is there a better way to do it?
>
> Thanks.
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