doorstep disintegration

[Bobcat1974]

My doorsteps are built on brick with concrete slabs on to with the top step tiles. Over the harch winter the 'quarry' tiles have just fell of and let water n frost into the top step.

Ive removed the tiles and the top step has crumbled and is now uneven and still crumbly.

I want to re-tile the top step but its not possible while the concrete step is in such bad condition.

What should I do? Get top step relevelled with concrete ?? How much wd that cost?

help !!

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

what are the dimension of the step and how much is damaged?
It would be hard to just put a thin rapair on the damaged area as it will in time just come away again. Might be worth considering a new step!

 

[roughcaster]

It would probably be cheaper too, building a new step, rather than try to repair something that has disintegrated with the weather.

 

[ColJack]

and here's me thinking "that's a great deterent for the Jehova's..."..

 

[Bobcat1974]

Step dimensions are about 1m X 1m by 0.30m thick

How much would a new step cost ??

Ta

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

That's a fair old size!
you're be best contacting a loacl pre-cast company or three, to get the idea of costs.
They normally charge by the cubic metre or cubic foot.

 

[mointainwalker]

PBD

It's only 0.3 m3. Don't think ready-mix cos will be interested in that at an acceptable price.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

PBD

It's only 0.3 m3. Don't think ready-mix cos will be interested in that at an acceptable price.

It's ten cubic foot, 637 kgs, try lifting that!
Quite a size for a household step.
I think I would go down the route of building some form work and pouring in situ, will work out cheaper.

 

[seasickstevie]

It's ten cubic foot...

Don't think so...

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

It's ten cubic foot...

Don't think so...

So what is it then?

I make it approx 10.6 ft3
shock me and tell me I am way out

 

[ColJack]

0.3m³.. ( 1 x 1 x 0.3 ) ?

11ft³ (3.34 x 3.34 x 0.98 )?

 

[seasickstevie]

shock me and tell me I am way out

No it's me that's way out

Got my decimal point in the wrong place.
Just as well I didn't quote for the job

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

No it's me that's way out

Got my decimal point in the wrong place.
Just as well I didn't quote for the job

I let you off, seeing it's Sunday!

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

0.3m³.. ( 1 x 1 x 0.3 ) ?

11ft³ (3.34 x 3.34 x 0.98 )?

CJ if we say a metre is approx 39 inch(3 foot 3 inch) and 300mm is 12inch.
They are approximations as 1m is a little bigger and 300mm is a little smaller.

The sum would be 3 and quatre foot by 3 and quatre foot by 1 that would equal 10.5625 cubic foot.

http://www.transchool.eustis.army.mil/twvrmo/cubicfeetininches.htm

but the exact total is 10.5944

 

[ColJack]

1 m = 3.2808 foot... ( my bad.. for some reason I managed to write 3 foot 3 and a third as 3.34... oops.. )