In alt.home.repair on 24 Jul 2005 07:49:29 -0700 "Harry K"
posted:



wrote:
Greetings,

If it has really sunk 6" you might consider pouring another 4-6" of
concrete on top of the existing sidewalk. This way you get a brand-new
looking sidewalk a foot thick.

Hope this helps,
William

P&M

Very good idea. Probably a lot cheaper than any other fix. It doesn't
address the sinking problem but then I suspect that most of the
'sinking' is due to the ground building up over the years. Unlikely
that such a large section of 'crete' would sink evenly without serious
cracking and uneveness.

FWIW, my stoop/aerie way has sunk 6 inches in 26 years without
cracking. It's about 20 feet by 2 feet where it is a stoop, by 8 or 9
feet where it is a "patio".

Either that or the house has gone up 6 inches.

Harry K

Actually the lowest 16 houses in my n'hood, and about the 20 lowest
houses in the next n'hood, probably built by a different builder, all
in a row close to the stream fwiw, have all had sinking stoops. Some
have cracked. I can't even guess at what percentage.

Still, I agree that his idea is a good one.

Meirman
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