"Goedjn" wrote in message
news | On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:32:02 -0700, aspasia wrote:
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| On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 06:24:49 -0400, "3G" wrote:
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| aspasia wrote in message
| om...
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| | This is So.Calif West LA area..
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| | I need two dangerous side steps replaced. They are concrete; go
way
| | back before I bought the house. One is 9" high; the other is the
| | usual 6". That first step is awkward, even for a normal-sized
person,
| | and I am very short. People have taken a dive on those steps.
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| I take it
| the 9" step is the bottom step?
| of course it is............................
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| No! 9" is the TOP step! Very awkward/dangerous to navigate.
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| remove and rebuild them.
| it's not worth the time to cut and grind.
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| That's what I want -- to remove and rebuild, pref. with wood.
| I was never suggesting "cut and grind".
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| My problem is locating a contractor.
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| You don't need a contractor. YOu need a 1.5" thick
| slab of wood on top of the bottom step. That
| will get you two 1.5" steps, which is about normal.


don't you mean two 7.5" risers
why not just add concrete (sand mixture) to the bottom step?

I thought the bottom riser was higher.
the top riser too tall is too easy to fix without removing anything.

I thought there was talk about removing the stairs or is that step.
$4600 for 1 step...........yah right.
1 step (2 risers) would cost about $300 where I come from.


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| Actually, you've only mentioned two risers, which
| implies only one actual stair? Probably it was
| installed midway, and just sank.
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