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trader_4 typed:
On Sunday, April 12, 2015 at 3:39:30 PM UTC-4, Oren wrote:
On Sun, 12 Apr 2015 15:24:51 -0400, "TomR" wrote:

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Oren typed:
On Sun, 12 Apr 2015 14:45:36 -0400, "TomR"
wrote:

Well, to help answer my own post, I just did some YouTube and
Google searches, and it looks to me like repairing these types of
damaged steps is a fairly common option.

Here are a few of the videos that I found as examples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llxg17jOLIU

http://www.quikrete.com/athome/Video...rete-Edges.asp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9rlVI88l2k

The interesting thing with those screws was how easy the one he
was driving went in.... I think the screw idea sounds interesting,
but if they go in as easy as that one did, it would seem to me the
remaining concrete is in pretty bad shape. In that case, they
probably aren't doing much. If they go in like they would
in good concrete, then I think they could be a plus. But even then,
if they are worth it, IDK, but I guess on a step repair anything that
can make it more sound is good. Like Ed said, the thing you don't
want to happen is for it to fail later with no notice with someone on
it.

I thought the same thing. But, I also noticed that I couldn't find any
other step repair videos that showed people using any type of anchoring
devices and/or wire mesh for this type of repair. That surprised me, plus
the person who did the last video is a mason by trade and he didn't mention
doing any anchoring etc.

I was expecting that someone else would have suggested using anchoring
screws or concrete nails, and maybe wire mesh, to help secure the repair --
but I didn't see that anywhere.

I once helped my uncle who was doing stucco on the side of a home and I
remember that he and I nailed wire mesh to the existing brick siding using
concrete nails before he did the new stucco. That's partly why I thought
something similar would be done with the step repair.