Cement Step Repair in One Day
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- Опубликовано: 23 апр 2014
- How do you perform cement step repair? After a long winter I had to fix a crumbling cement step but it only took me one day. Cement step repair isn't that hard and with a few tips you'll get your curb appeal back in less than 24 hours.
This video shares a ton of different tips and tricks on how to get your steps looking brand new. And after a long winter you'll likely need to do some cement work.
For more tips on repairing cement steps, visit: www.homerepairtutor.com/cement...
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0:01 Prepare crumbling cement
1:30 Apply concrete bonding adhesive
2:00 Place the form and ready your supplies
3:02 Mix the cement
3:43 Trowel the cement into the form and level it out
4:42 Remove the form and fill in the void
5:37 Round the edge and smooth using a sponge
6:12 Finishing touches
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I am a cement finisher and have been pouring concrete since 1974. That's a good video however there was a few things I would like to suggest. First of all you should have used the edger before you took off the wood that would give you a nice clean Edge along the top to follow once the wood was off. Also before you took off the wood and you were pouring the concrete you should tap the face of the wood with a hammer. That would have gotten rid of most of the honeycombing. That's what it's called! It was good that you used the sponge at the end and you did a nice job🖒
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thank you for using the word "concrete". thank you for pouring hundreds of thousands of yards along with me.
i have done this same thing on some of my properties as well. It's beem over three uears now, and they still look excellent.
With this product?
Thanks for your video - I will be tackling this project today.
thanks for the PAM idea, ive done small cement projects but never a stair till now. It makes prefect sense. I'm surprised I never thought of that
I took down our porch and was left with a battered looking concrete slab base. I've been thinking of repairing it in this way and then using tiles to finish off as a decent sized front door step. This video is spot on for my idea
I am not very handy, but with your instruction, this seems very easy. Thank you very much for such a great tutorial!
Thank you for posting....you are very good with explaining and demonstrating the steps. I'm going to try to fix my porch step before it gets too cold~!
ladyR1969 glad to help any time. It's getting colder here in Pittsburgh!! Feels like fall already. Let me know if you have any questions along the way. You can totally do this :)
Great job. Thank you for your time and effort to make this video and share it with us. Greetings from Croatia.
Great video and I appreciate it! I will be doing this on my steps!
Good detail. I like the thoroughness. The brick and wood idea to hold the caste in place is a good idea. It would be nice to know timing of things per different intervals.
Have your form set up before you mix your concrete.
Now that’s what I call a step by step tutorial 🤪
Boooo lol
If there was no steps it would be an elevator!
Thank you for this video we did a repair this weekend following your tips and it turned out great. We had to leave the board on longer but it came off fine the next day and the finished repair is what we expected.
Stephanie McDonald wonderful, thank you for letting me know how your project turned out. Great job :D
Your video is just what I needed to see. I have a small repair coming up. Thank you
Thank you! And good for you being so young and having rentals!
Great video. Very I formative and simple enough for any diy person to do. I'm going to use your video when I repair my front steps.
Great vid. With a repair that large, I'd reco polymer additive to reduce shrinkage and add edge stregnth
Great video straight to the point thank you so much from California....
Identical to my steps! I can do this myself! Thanks!🌟
Good video I agree with all of it but I would not use water to mix my cement. I would use the bonding agent instead of water it works great. You can also us it to skim coat if you have a low spot on a sidewalk. Did it 6 years ago it sticks and has worked great in Colorado winter and summers.
thanks for the video. Now heading to the store to get materials :)
Ok I watched all the step repair videos on U-Tube.
This is the best one. Thanks Jeff tomorrow I think I can do it right.
Thanks so much Rich Johnson - I tried to give as many tips as possible. Let me know how it turns out Rich.
Turned out real good. Looks right and I think it will last. On to tuckpointing!
Fantastic Rich Johnson - glad to hear it went well. I have to do a pointing project myself. Mortar is falling out of some bricks and I want to get this repaired before this winter.
How did your cement step repair hold up? You left this comment 8 years ago. I need to find mine so thought you'd be good to ask.
That was a AWESOME video on step repair...I LIKE!!!
Hi Jeff - your video indeed helped me a lot to fix my crumbling stairs at the front of my house. I would really appreciate if you answer these questions: (1) After the Quikrete quick setting cement is dried, I can see some fresh cracks in the stairs. how can these be fixed? (2) how to use the sealer and how many days one should wait before using the sealer? (3) Is is recommended to use resurfacing cement to smooth out the cemented / concrete area? Kindly advice.
My steps and I appreciate your work. Thank you.
RapidSet CementAll or Mortar Mix along with a bag or two of flow control would be pourable and rock hard in an hour; while RapidSet doesn’t need/require a bonding agent it can be used. I like the pourable flow as it gets into every nook and cranny whereas stiffer concrete mixes and those with larger aggregates can have voids when used as patchers, if not vibrates or settled in. Nice step by step though I’d add rinsing, washing, or spraying water on the concrete both to get the dust off as well as to aid with bonding though that, in part can be mitigated by the bonding agent. For bonding to old concrete I find wetting and a mix in bonding additive gives better results than a paint on style bonding agent; I usually only use paint on bonding agents on painted, sealed, or non-porous existing concrete. There are flow additives which help make concrete flow without adding additional/extra water which can weaken concrete.
Great video. Do you have any videos on repairing a long drive way with a slope? 16' driveway. It would be very expensive to redo it.
Nice video, im gonna use your methods, thanks brah
Great video. Can I use this method to repair a stair in gunite pool that looks like your "before"stair? Maybe include a polymer additive? Thanks!
Thank you for the tutorial
Very informative and user friendly. Good video!!!
Super step by step guidance
Great thanks
AWESOME AND SIMPLE! THANKS
Nicely done!
best video yet! thanks!
thank you it helps me a lot I got a neighbor next to my house that his steps is connected to my steps and his steps is cracking and mines is cracking as well so that will help me to fix both of ours thank you so much
awesome, glad the tips helped and great job
Great video! Very informative!
You did it just like I would 👍
Yeah, me commenting again...The step repair looks amazing. If I wanted to recreate the same surface texture of the other steps what would be the best way to do that? A suggested video I'd love to see would be on repairing a large crack in a garage floor. We have one that runs the length of the garage and the thought (and expense) and jackhammering it all out and repouring the floor is overwhelming.
Thanks redhotsweetpotatoe for your question. I'd have to see the step to figure out the exact method. You could tinker around with different types of cement until you get the exact match. It could be hard to recreate depending on the shape and color. But a worth experiment.
I'll have to add your request to my video to-do list. I'm pretty sure I could do a crack repair. Our garage floor is cement and looks super bad for a number of different reasons. I appreciate your feedback :)
hahaha... 4yrs old, but I am still going to comment... a cracked slab can be v-notched and filled with a 2 part concrete epoxy, dried, ground flush, and coated... Elite Crete out of Rhode island makes great concrete refinishing products and they are great people to deal with... once you sit through their class, you can go back to the class again for free...
Great video. Very detailed.
Great video. Wonderful info !!!
Thank you your video was easy to follow I will try to fix some steps in my backyard. The concrete contractor's method was way too confusing for me I'll stay with you.
Woah!! Smart idea with the screws being a rebar replacement for small jobs!!! I can now fix my chips.
Helpful information, good job bro !
Your the best love watching your videos good stuff thanks.
Thank you
great tutorial !
Awesome! Thank you so much!
Thank you, sir, are you covered every question I could possibly have
GREAT job!!! Thank you.
Yeah pretty good video. I do mine very similarly w tapcons and bonding agent Sponge finish too
Great tutorial
Excellent Job!😀
thank you for this: just what I need it
+Adina Selimovic cool, hope it helps
this was great Thank you
Great Video! How long does the patch need to cure before painting? Than you.
Learned something new. Thanks 👍
Glad to help
Would have liked to see end work also.
Great video. I am not handy, so I don't think I would attempt it, but I am a property manager, so it is important that I know how these things are done. (I don't know how to use all the tools)
Very helpful. Thank you
happy to help 👍🏼
great video. thanks
+otis08 👍
Do you have a video for repairing a hole in a concrete wall?
Excellent presentation.
thank you 👍🏼🔥
Very nice, thank you.
Thanks so much. Veey good explain
Great How To Video
How long did you wait before pulling away the forms?
Great video!
An area about 4 feet long by 12 inches wide of the cement on the entrance to my garage, just outside the overhead door, looks like that step you fixed. A lot of "popcorn" but the damage is not very far below the surface.
Your repair method seems applicable to my situation, but I'm wondering if I would need to "excavate" down below the surface and/or perhaps cut a perimeter around the bad section and dig a bunch of the bad stuff out, or if I could just chisel it out a bit and fill and smooth it. Sort of like a thick top coat?
Repairs like this seem problematic, especially if you don't have a concrete saw. However, maybe chiseling it out and filling it using your methods and those products could work.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Best Regards!
Is that correct using cement plastering for concrete surface ?
Great video, could you have used Quick Crete 1101 cement mix?
Nice tutorial. I would have liked to see how it would have looked if you resurfaced all of the steps so they match
I like this method and was wondering if it would be suitable for repairing a typical wedge corner pop on a concrete slab? I have 4 corners to repair that support a 2 story brick wall.
It's worth trying as long as those corners aren't contributing to the load of the two stories. If that's the case consult an engineer.
Awesome!
Great video, can you do a video on corner chip Cemet step?
what is the name of the tool that you use to round the edges on the stairs
Great video
thank you, hopefully it helped
Good man ,and I think I gonna make like that
Its cold here in PA with wind chills down to 19. Not sure if i can do it in this weather. But if i can, u just saved me 300 bucks!!
Whoa, awesome dreamingcode - it might be a bit too cold for cement work. But check the bag of cement for tech details. Keep me posted on your project. I'd love to share your success story
My scenario, sidewalk curb is actually higher than slightly sunken/cracked slob/sidewalk and I like to make it even again. Can I lay rapid set cement over then paint it with two coats of portland cement and then spray it with concrete sealer. Should I use rapid set cement alone or add some sand to prevent cracking.
I have a void beneath a transition as it goes from the outside into the garage. Need to fill about 1/2" of concrete in there. What product might you recommend?
He’s great!
Great job man 🙂🙂
Thank you 🙏🏼
That was brilliant
Will this work for vertical concrete patching?
I drill some 3/8th inch rebar into step repair like that. Get it drilled into something real good and bend it where you want. The tapcons do help though. I use them on smaller patching jobs where rebar won't fit
Hi. I found this video helpful. I, too, like others, just have the edge of a step chipping off. I read in one of your replies that the tapcons are not needed, if I want to patch it up. You also stated to use cement bonding adhesive. Could you explain this again please? Also, how much cement is adequate? I will not need to mix a large amount. I am trying to gather everything needed to do this project on my own. Any other suggestions?
Silvia Chavez you can find all the supplies over on Home Repair Tutor www.homerepairtutor.com/cement-step-repair/
You'll likely need just a small bucket of the cement. The bonding adhesive allows the new cement to bond to the old cement. You'll also see this in the supply list on HRT :D
Thank you! New home owner here :)
Good job. I like the idea of tapcon screws. At the 4:23 mark, did you check with the level to ensure the tread had sufficient pitch to allow water runoff?
He went with the original grade
This was a great video to start my front step repair. Although the quikrete dried and caked too fast and had unfavorable outcome.
I hope you used type S mortar NHL 3.5 and let the stairs soak up some water moisture a hour or so before poring the mortar otherwise it might start cracking again without a good healthy bond!
I'll need to do this in the spring! thanks!
+Daisy hope it helped
I want to patch up a very small portion of my concrete block step which is only bout 6 in x 4 in x 1 in deep with ready mix concrete. I don't want to buy a bonding adhesive just for that small job, If I don't use concrete bonding adhesive, will the new concrete still adhere to the old. If not, is there any allernative cheap method to make that happens?
Using Pam is a great idea. I'm rebuilding the front steps to my house. Right now it's 4' x 4' and about 10" high. I'd like to enlarge it to 5' x 4'. Just one level high.
FYI they have a Kwik-Crete mix that includes the bonding agent and saves an entire step. This mix also makes it unnecessary to keep the surface moist and covered.
Craig, I'm a concrete contractor, and if I were in your shoes I would rent a concrete saw that will cut at least 75% of the depth of the slab, cut it at a right angle off your house, preferably so the existing cuts are all spaced out evenly, snap a chalk line and remove an entire section. Use tap-con screws to fasten a 2x4 to the masonry below having the top flush with the bottom of the small ledge. Then after you establish the height of the slab, fasten a 2x10 to the 2x4. This will be your form with a matching ledge. Then you can simply order one cubic yard of a residential mix with air for exterior use. Pour it wet enough for you and a buddy to handle and screed the concrete immediately with a straight 2x4 and float the surface a few times, then if you have a steel trowel, trowel the surface slick then pull a broom in a straight line if it needs a broom finish, if not, just keep troweling until you have your desired look. * make sure to round over the edges, use any electric tool that will vibrate (I use a square palm sander) and vibrate the edge of your form to reduce "honeycombs" also apply an oil so your forum will come of after pouring. Plus you don't need sealer. I only use that on decorative concrete, or places like a garage where oil will spill and penetrate the concrete surface. That was a long comment... Uhhh, good job guy on video! Stevens Concrete Llc, N. C.
Stevens: can you say more about the following piece of your comment, which I copied below? I am not 100% sure what exactly you are saying to do - thanks.
"Craig, I'm a concrete contractor, and if I were in your shoes I would
rent a concrete saw that will cut at least 75% of the depth of the slab,
cut it at a right angle off your house, preferably so the existing cuts
are all spaced out evenly, snap a chalk line and remove an entire
section. Use tap-con screws to fasten a 2x4 to the masonry below having
the top flush with the bottom of the small ledge. Then after you
establish the height of the slab, fasten a 2x10 to the 2x4. This will be
your form with a matching ledge."
im a cement contractor also im italian my family is in the trade & what we would do is break the step completly make a form & re pour much better job
$35 vs $1500 i don't think new steps were needed.
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great tip with the palm sander, have a couple of those that seldom get used until now..
6:02 What didn't you feather the Quikrete patch to cover up the entire step so it wouldn't show a demarcation line between old and new? Akin to painting an entire body panel edge to edge on a car
nice job
timmy mike thanks :D
You can add short strand fiber to the mix and really give the new repair excellent mechanical strength
Jeff, Tried to post this on your website but it wouldn't take.
Our porch is a 7.5" thick slab, about 20' long, but only the last 7' is cracked (one end of a sidewalk is leveraging up under the slab as the other end is sinking). The slab overhangs the foundation by about an inch. The crack is back about 4" from the edge and the broken area is about to fall off. I'd like to take off the broken part and patch the slab the way you did in the video, but with the form under the edge as well. My questions are, how well would this kind of patch last in Kansas City winters and summers...will a crack develop between the new and the old? And, how well will the overhanging edge support the weight of people walking on it (part of the repair will be on top of the foundation wall). I don't want to replace the whole porch, because the cost is huge!
Thanks.
A pro would have to look at that job to answer your question. Too many variables.
if there's a slab on top, should you wait till it's dry before bonding the slab?
Those tap cons make a huge difference, there was this real old timer when I was growing up, he was from Hungry he would add some metal shavings from a machine shop in with his mortar, the way he explains it , they will rust and lock into the cement, not sure if it worked I never tried it, sometimes the old ways are best tho
yes, I love using Tapcons as anchors because they give material something to grab onto; interesting idea with the metal shavings, I’d be worried about rust or staining over time
@@HomeRepairTutor So drilling those screws would not weaken the current structure of the remaining step causing it "break off" in a subsidence of some sort? I have never done this before so I am just trying to think things thru a bit....:)
@@konczalr depends how much concrete you are screwing into ! With a big space , tap cons are meant for concrete / cement - so you shouldn’t have an issue !! It’s like a little rebar in a sense
Can this repair be done in cold weather ??
Jeff - how do you deal with color matching the repaired step to the other steps so that the color looks natural and consistent after the repair? Is there a solution for this?
+Brian Riley that's tough, they have dye but it will be trial and error