Hi Bill, Examine the spacing between the other sections, you will want to get similar spacing for the sake of appearance. Usually the spacing will be a three quarters thick board, commonly a strip of plywood or a length of so-called 1 by 4. These may be left behind often because they are about impossible to remove, if they are removed they will be often replaced with some sort of tar or packed in a little sand.
The purpose of the spacers is to allow movement without breaking up the entire walkway. The sides can be modest where the walk is depressed into the surrounding ground so long as you can get them tightly and securely placed by packing them around the outside. The cement will keep them firmly against the sides of the excavation. The new cement will be obvious for a couple of years partly by texture and partly by colour but on the other hand it shows that someone is taking care of maintenance. Hope this helps. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Gallik To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 2:50 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] pouring cement stairs. Since we're on the subject of pouring concrete I have a project that could use an informed tip. The sidewalk section that butts up to the bottom of my concrete steps into the house is badly shifted and I want to replace it with a newly poured section. The shifted section is 36" by 24" and of course there are two adjacent sections of sidewalk as well as the steps. I was hoping I could just put a board where the "naked" side of this sidewalk section is and pour new concrete, but I'm not sure what I should do about the neighboring concrete; the two pre-existing sidewalk sections and the bottom of the steps. Can I pour the new concrete so it's in contact with the three older items or do I need to put some type of separating material between them? If I need to put some type of separating material between the new concrete and the old what would be best to use and how thick would it need to be? I would imagine that if I need some type of separator the thinner the better (to a point of course)? ---------------- Bill Gallik E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] God made man before woman so as to give him time to think of an answer for her first question. * * * * * * * - "The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible." - George Burns [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
