Hey Dale to dovetail onto this topic. I have some long steps, I'd say perhaps 4 feet in length that run along the front of my house. The top step is sinking some and I was wondering if it could be lifted out, the area repact, and then set the same step slab deal back into place? I assume I'd have to cut it away from the other steps and reattach in some fashion once all is completed.
On Aug 21, 2008, at 6:03 PM, Dale Leavens wrote: > If you are talking about a concrete driveway which has been poured > then having a machine in to lift it out is probably the best > although it is not impossible to regrade the area and reuse the > pads. The trouble is that the bottoms are likely uneven and of > various thickness so getting them level can certainly be tough. If > the blocks are manufactured and therefore consistent then repairing > is a lot more practical. > > Usually though concrete slabs, manufactured or otherwise crack and > split and that just is trouble. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Robert Riddle > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 8:18 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] repairing or replacing asphalt driveway > > Our driveway is so old and pitted, I think we'd have to tear the > whole thing up and start over again. This thing has thigh high weeds > coming out of it, 1 or even 2 foot gaps between the paving blocks, > six to 12 inch levels between the blocks. I look at it and it seems > almost hopeless to fix without, as I said, tearing the whole thing > down and starting over. Or just leaving it as dirt. > I'm not really looking forward to shoveling this winter, I can tell > you. > me. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dale Leavens > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 6:43 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] repairing or replacing asphalt driveway > > Well now not all of this is necessarily correct. > > This sort of paving works best where there is a lot of traffic > because the rolling keeps it warm and moving. In colder climates > variable contraction and expansion resulting from heat and cold or > from variable ground moisture can cause small cracks. Weed and other > seed, dust, all sorts of stuff get into those small cracks > regardless of the sub-soil and even small trees can begin to grow in > these cracks. The power of this vegetation is really quite > remarkable and will begin expanding cracks or even breaking up the > pavement. > > There is a limit to how large of a crack one can satisfactorily > repair with cold roll or other products and some of the restriction > will depend on the size and weight of the equipment one can bring to > bear but it is not at all unusual for the home owner to back cut > cracks in pavement to produce a reasonably clean edge, scrape out > the crack to remove the vegetation and then to pack in one of any > number of commercially available products intended for the purpose > of patching paved driveways. Some stores have so much of the stuff > that they actually sell it. It even comes with recommended > instructions. > > For best outcomes one should get at the damage early to keep the > damage minimal but these patches can last years. > > I think I would be tempted to kill the vegetation with something > like Roundup a couple of days or a week before cleaning and patching > to be sure any long roots are dead before patching over and maybe > trickling in a little oil below the patch to discourage new growth > which is probably very ungreen and not legal, maybe after dark when > the blind can often work with impunity. > > Hope this is helpful Kevin. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David Ferrin > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 3:37 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] repairing or replacing asphalt driveway > > Ground down to the solid base and possibly completely dug up back > filled in > then freshly compacted. In other words none of us own such massive > tools as > would be required for such a job. > David Ferrin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Doucet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:25 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] repairing or replacing asphalt driveway > > > By ground down you mean totally removed or what? > > > > At 06:29 PM 8/20/2008, you wrote: > > > >>It's not normally in my opinion something that a handyman can fix > if the > >>cracks are deep. The driveway needs to be ground down and > resurfaced. > >>David Ferrin > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Kevin Doucet" > >><<mailto:contactme%40kevindoucet.com>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: > >><<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > > > >>Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:56 PM > >>Subject: [BlindHandyMan] repairing or replacing asphalt driveway > >> > >> > > >> >>Hi list, > >> > > >> > > >> > I have places in my asphalt driveway ware grass has grown up and > >> > broken the asphalt. Is this something I can fix or do I need to > get > >> > it replaced? > >> > > >> > If replacement is the answer is this cost prohibitive? > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Thanks. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Kevin Doucet > >> > <mailto:contactme%40kevindoucet.com>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > >> > > >> > confuse as says > >> > > >> > Blind man with unmarked forehead has large belly! > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ------------------------------------ > >> > > >> > Send any questions regarding list management to: > >> > > >> <mailto:blindhandyman-owner%40yahoogroups.com>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > To listen to the show archives go to link > >> > > >> <http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > >> > >http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > >> > Or > >> > > >> <ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/>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>http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > >> > > >> > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > >> > Various > >> > List Members At The Following address: > >> > > >> <http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/>http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > >> > > >> > Visit the archives page at the following address > >> > > >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >> > > >> > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the > following > >> > address for more information: > >> > <http://www.jaws-users.com/>http://www.jaws-users.com/ > >> > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind > Handy Man > >> > list just send a blank message to: > >> > > >> <mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.comYahoo>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ! > >> Groups Links > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >>Internal Virus Database is out of date. > >>Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > >>Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.10/1585 - Release Date: > >>8/1/2008 6:39 AM > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > Kevin Doucet > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > confuse as says > > > > Blind man with unmarked forehead has large belly! > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To listen to the show archives go to link > > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > > 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 > > > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various > > List Members At The Following address: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > > > Visit the archives page at the following address > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the > following > > address for more information: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind > Handy Man > > list just send a blank message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.6/1623 - Release Date: > 8/20/2008 8:12 AM > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.6/1625 - Release Date: > 8/21/2008 6:04 AM > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > Scott Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
