http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/600/step2wc.jpg/

I want to patch this step so the patch doesn't come off so easily.What
do I have to use,cement and some type of chemical? Thanks

On Jul 14, 2:11*pm, Sal Mauro wrote:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/600/step2wc.jpg/

I want to patch this step so the patch doesn't come off so easily.What
do I have to use,cement and some type of chemical? Thanks

The immediate area looks like it is all deteriorating. No patch is
going to stay on if the material it is attached to is falling apart.
Andthat looks like the case here.

On 7/14/2011 2:11 PM, Sal Mauro wrote:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/600/step2wc.jpg/

I want to patch this step so the patch doesn't come off so easily.What
do I have to use,cement and some type of chemical? Thanks


I'd clean it up and patch concrete with concrete.

Sal Mauro wrote:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/600/step2wc.jpg/

I want to patch this step so the patch doesn't come off so easily.What
do I have to use,cement and some type of chemical? Thanks

1. Chip, grind and brush off everything loose and/or deteriorated

2. Clean the area with acid

3. Drill one or more appropriately sized holes

4. Pack mortar into the holes

5. Insert rebar "dowels" in holes so they stick out as they are to anchor the
patch

6. Form the patch with concrete if patch is large enough, mortar if not.

Do I have to mix any chemicals in the concrete to make it stronger?

On Jul 14, 7:02*pm, Sal Mauro wrote:
Sal Mauro wrote:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/600/step2wc.jpg/

I want to patch this step so the patch doesn't come off so easily.What
do I have to use,cement and some type of chemical? Thanks

1. Chip, grind *and brush off everything loose and/or deteriorated

2. Clean the area with acid

3. Drill one or more appropriately sized holes

4. Pack mortar into the holes

5. Insert rebar "dowels" in holes so they stick out as they are to anchor the
patch

6. Form the patch with concrete if patch is large enough, mortar if not..

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I'm with James on this one. Think of repairing concrete like
dental work. Before you can do any filling you have to have
something that is sound and not decayed to bond to. From
the pic, that step does not look like it's in good shape. But
without being there it's hard to tell. What you need to do
is find out if in fact you have something sound enough to
salvage.

Time for new steps nothing including concrete lasts forever.........

Sal Mauro wrote the following:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/600/step2wc.jpg/

I want to patch this step so the patch doesn't come off so easily.What
do I have to use,cement and some type of chemical? Thanks


Your damage looks like this.

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You want it to look like this to prevent the patch falling out.

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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
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On 7/14/2011 7:14 PM, wrote:
On Jul 14, 7:02 pm, Sal wrote:
Sal Mauro wrote:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/600/step2wc.jpg/

I want to patch this step so the patch doesn't come off so easily.What
do I have to use,cement and some type of chemical? Thanks

1. Chip, grind and brush off everything loose and/or deteriorated

2. Clean the area with acid

3. Drill one or more appropriately sized holes

4. Pack mortar into the holes

5. Insert rebar "dowels" in holes so they stick out as they are to anchor the
patch

6. Form the patch with concrete if patch is large enough, mortar if not.

Do I have to mix any chemicals in the concrete to make it stronger?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I'm with James on this one. Think of repairing concrete like
dental work. Before you can do any filling you have to have
something that is sound and not decayed to bond to. From
the pic, that step does not look like it's in good shape. But
without being there it's hard to tell. What you need to do
is find out if in fact you have something sound enough to
salvage.

Need more data, like some wider angle pictures showing the whole stoop
and general condition. But yeah, that concrete does look to be
questionable. I'd whack at it with a brick hammer and cold chisel, and
see what else easily crumbles off. If this is the front door, and you
may be reselling anytime within next several years, I'd strongly
consider a rip'n'replace. A failed front stoop, along with condition of
the front door, is one of the first clues people store in their heads,
right behind what place looks like from the curb.

--
aem sends...

On Jul 14, 2:11*pm, Sal Mauro wrote:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/600/step2wc.jpg/

I want to patch this step so the patch doesn't come off so easily.What
do I have to use,cement and some type of chemical? Thanks

I think you will find that the "patch" in this case would end up
being larger than the remainder of the stairs...

Jackhammer out the remains of the stoop and start again...

~~ Evan