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Fixing Concrete Steps - Front Porch

Asked Sep 6, 2006, 04:19 PM — 3 Answers
It appears that the front step on my house has settled and dropped about 6 - 8 inches from where it was originally attached to the front of the house. The house is about 20 years old with a slanted front yard and this took place long before we moved in. Originally my plan was to just add in another stair in between what is there, but I'm not sure that would provide a long enough tread on the new stair. The existing stair has a rise of about 6 inches and a tread of about a foot and a half (estimates). The settling is pretty much uniform, with maybe a 2" difference over the length of the step (about 6 feet).

Is my best bet to build up the height of the existing step (thus creating a middle step) and adding a lower step further out (the height of the sunken step) or crushing out the existing step and rebuilding them both. I'd rather not repour the entire front walk (which is under the first step) if I don't have to.

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Sep 6, 2006, 06:37 PM
You can have a company come out and relevel the step by "mud jacking".

Mud jacking is when they raise the level of a slab by injecting liquified concrete under the slab which raises it back to its desired height.
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Sep 6, 2006, 09:35 PM
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You can have a company come out and relevel the step by "mud jacking".

Mud jacking is when they raise the level of a slab by injecting liquified concrete under the slab which raises it back to its desired height.
That's helpful, I hadn't heard of that. Would there likely be an issue with the 20 foot "flat" walk way that is attached to it? The walkway looks like it was originally connected to the driveway and the front steps, and it had dropped a 1/2 a foot from the front steps and broken a few inches from the drive way.

My worry would be that raising the steps might snap the walkway? Is this something I should be considering before hiring someone to mud jack the steps?

Thanks again.

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Sep 7, 2006, 05:42 AM
The person who does the mud jacking can better determine if there will be any additional problems better than I can when he comes to evaluate and give you an estimate.
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