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Registered User
Trade: General and Tile
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 4
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Sidewalk Repair
Hi, I need to level a 15" wide x 4 foot section of sidewalk that settled about 1/2 an inch after being saw cut to lay pipe and then re-poured.
I tried an overlayment repair cement from Lowes, but 2 weeks later it just cracked and came loose with a slight blow. Any suggestions for another material? Thanks, Ken Owens |
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Pro
Trade: Construction and Remodeling
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Re: Sidewalk Repair
Tree fiddyin
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Thom
Trade: General Contractor/Homebuilder
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Albuquerque NM
Posts: 3,194
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Re: Sidewalk Repair
I think the mud jacking idea is the way to go. The $20thousand set up charge should be way cheaper than buying 2 or 3 bags of quickrete.
In my town (Albuquerque) anyone who works on a city sidewalk is required to have a minimum $2million bond with the city. Ask your mud-jacker if he charges more for bonded work. That $20,000 price may be a bit low. |
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Pro
Trade: Contractor/ Business Owner/ Entrepreneur
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Re: Sidewalk Repair
We have used a small car jack to lift the sidewalk and punched sand underneath with a 2x4 scrap in the old days.......now we tear it out and re-pour. A couple hundred dollars in material is more cost effective than a bad reputation.
Good luck |
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Pro
Trade: custom home building
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Central Iowa
Posts: 1,792
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Re: Sidewalk Repair
Remove and Replace 60 square feet=$240.
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Home Depot aisle walker
Trade: home remodeling
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Tulsa OK
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Twisted Cameron
Trade: Concrete, Metal buildings
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Yorkville Il
Posts: 312
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Re: Sidewalk Repair
You can come do all the concrete you want for me! ha, 4 dollars to remove and replace 60 square feet at 240= starving wages. if its not a lot of walk you can use a spud bar or hammer a few stakes under it to lift it to where you want, remove a little dirt on the side of it, and push sand under it, should work like a champ.
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Registered User
Trade: concrete,landscaping
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Aurora,Colorado
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Re: Sidewalk Repair
Kemosaby,remove damaged area (15"x4').Dowel into old sidewalk (holds new in place).Repour area,that 1/2 ain't beens,problem solved.
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Registered User
Trade: Union Laborer
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: OHIO
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Pompass Ass
Trade: Certified Building and Certified A/C Contractor
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Plant City, Florida
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Re: Sidewalk RepairQuote:
Trying to pour a 15" section looks like crap and as you can tell has a high failure rate. Last edited by bwalley; 12-19-2009 at 06:22 PM. |
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| The Following User Says Thank You to bwalley For This Useful Post: | tgeb (12-27-2009) |
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Registered User
Trade: concrete leveling
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Wakarusa, IN
Posts: 15
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Re: Sidewalk Repair
pump it $200 - $300 max.
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Asphalt Repair Specialist
Trade: Asphalt Surfacing & Repair
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 9
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Re: Sidewalk Repair
Mud Jacking would be the perfect option for you. Besides the ease with which mudjacking raises and levels your sinking concrete surface, it's also much cheaper than replacing it with newly poured concrete.
Last edited by johnmwentz; 12-28-2009 at 03:18 AM. |
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Registered User
Trade: pre cast decorative concrete manufacturer
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 4
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Re: Sidewalk Repair
Up here we use a product made in Hamilton called mg-krete, a polymer concrete repair that sticks big time. Ne pre prep, other than clean old surface, and 20 minutes later you can walk on it. And warranty it as well. There is a distributor in North Carolina I believe.
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Gumby
Trade: Concrete
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: NW Florida Panhandle
Posts: 112
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Re: Sidewalk Repair
Each 80 lb bag of sackrete will do 2 sq ft at 4" thick. Also drill some large tapcons in the existing concrete about every foot to prevent settling in the future.
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atlanta
Trade: dec conc & specialty conc repairs
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: atlanta
Posts: 9
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Re: Sidewalk Repair
we use polymer-modified conc all the time w/only fine aggregate for skimcoating & dec conc overlays,,, for that small an area, we'd replace it,,, there ain't much avail at ANY apron store for pro conc repair to our standards.
our distributor in nc ( charlotte ) is rod johnson of elitecrete southeast,,, there are other mtls of generic recipe & many other distributors. |
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Member
Trade: Precision Concrete Finishing
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Southeast Texas
Posts: 73
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Re: Sidewalk Repair
I think that a good fine grade compaction and a few 3 or 4 dowels could have prevented this thread from ever happening.
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Pro
Trade: floor leveling
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: california
Posts: 176
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Re: Sidewalk Repair
Concrete repair using self leveling toppings can be difficult in an exterior situation due to weather conditions. As always preparation of the existing slab is crucial, along with using the proper concrete topping material.
By the time you add all this up it may be more cost effective to remove and replace vs. trying a polymer modified concrete restoration product. Many times concrete floor leveling products are tricky even in indoor areas..... Good luck with this project, Covalt Floor Leveling.... |
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