Perfect! Exactly what I need and much easier than what I was thinking.
Thanks Brian.
> Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 19:50:44 -0700
> From: bk13@earthlink.net
> To: jandkstone99@msn.com
> CC: shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Repairing a Concrete Step
>
> 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-S
teps-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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