New concrete steps are cracking - help!
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Pool steps heaved and cracked!
Comments (2)Either the water came from the step jet connections or somewhere nearby. It's possible the gaskets around the jets let go or water flowed from up hill somewhere else. Alas, the only way to find out will be removal and will cost.The prices seem a bit steep though. Get some other estimates. That is a lot of money to not be looking around unless you have a really high confidence level is this service. I would even have/ask my customers to shop around. Scott...See MoreNew Concrete Coping Cracking and Other Issues - HELP!!
Comments (3)My patio is much more simple than yours, but the problems are similar. With mine, the edging and overall finish work was done very poorly, and I also have a few cracks after just two weeks! Fortunately for me, it was the last thing he did and I refused to pay him for the work. He's gone, but now I am left with a gorgeous pool surrounded by an ugly patio that looks like it was done 10 years ago! One piece of advice I will give you: Find out how long the cement truck was at the job site. I was told by a few masons that the concrete has about 90 minutes from the time the truck leaves the cement facility to the time it is poured. Any longer than that and it begins to set up. I called the cement company, gave them my address and who did the job, and they read the info off the "ticket" right to me. They even offered to fax me a copy! In my case, the truck was here for 2 hours and 15 minutes, and the facility was 1/2 hour away. Even if my PB tries to take me to court, this info alone would win my case. Maybe something similar happened to you and you can call the PB on it and have him redo it. Good luck!...See Morecrack in brand new concrete slab - what can be done?
Comments (9)How large is a "fine crack"? A photo would be helpful. The saw cuts are control joints that do not go all the way through the slab and are intended to encourage the inevitable cracks to form there instead of elsewhere. An expansion joint is a separation between slabs to allow differential movement. Its impossible to know if the slab was poured properly but I suspect a high water content, poor curing efforts, insufficient reinforcement, or hot/dry/windy weather. If this is essentially a cosmetic issues, it should only matter if the slab is exposed....See Morefront porch help-old concrete steps
Comments (3)I would not waste effort into tiling the porch. Within a short period of time, tile would start coming loose and off, making it look much worse. (There is a recent thread with this exact problem.) Wherever a crack is in the porch now, it would migrate through the tile. The bullnose corner could not be tiled. Patching in the broken part that holds the railing post, or using a larger base plate is not going to hold. If you added tread depth on to the bottom step such that the area that held the railing is surrounded by additional concrete, and patched the broken part in the process, it would hold longer. But truthfully, all you can do with this is put band-aids on it. The permanent solution is demolish and rebuild. If you do that, first explore the landing and walk to see what associated parts should be reconfigured in the process....See Moreengrgirl
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