Hi Jim,
Not sure what you are describing here. If you wish to cap the concrete
to raise certain areas, it wouldn't be hard to form the areas & apply a
thin mortar cap.
Prep the area to be capped by roughing it up a bit. Apply a binder to
the concrete, pour the cap & finish it.
The binder is commonly called "moose milk". A brand name is "Acryl 60".
An acrylic binding agent. I have Successfully capped concrete from
anywhere between 1/4" to 4" thick. It is still holding on outdoor steps
after 25 years.
If this is not what you are after, maybe someone else has a better idea.
Regards,
Dave Russell
Jim Franklin wrote:
>
> Sorry for the longwinded subject but I don't know what to call this. I
> poured a 3 x 4 concrete pad for my deck stairs to land on. It started
> raining as I was doing this, and in my haste to get the form level it
> dropped an inch. So now the top of the pad is an inch too low. Add to
> this the fact that the pre-cut stringers I got from Home Depot have the
> first riser equal to all the rest, i.e. the first step will be 7 3/4
> once treads are added, and I have an 8 3/4" rise for my first step.
>
> So other than pouring 2" of concrete and embedding the stringers an
> inch, I'm looking for a way to raise the pad surface 1" all around, and
> 2" where people will be stepping. I'm in the northeast so it needs to
> withstand water & ice. And the house is going up for sale in a few weeks
> so it can't look junky.
>
> thanks,
> jim
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