Every time I go to a big box store and look at the small buckets of cement mixes, I come away quite confused. There are no less than 20 different buckets claiming to be exactly what you need to patch a hole in cement, a crack, this one you can feather out to an eighth of an inch, that one can be used to anchor a railing. Blah blah blah.
Here is what I need to do. What do I need to do it? The main stairs to the courtyard are deteriorating. It will be big bucks to replace them. We are looking into that, but I would like to make some temporary repairs. The soil under the steps has subsided over the last 90 years, so the cement is actually suspended in the air. At the landings there are I beams supporting the slab, but that's not important at the moment. A couple of holes have opened in the cement slab. I can actually stick my cane right through the cement and down another six or eight inches to the dirt below. The holes are several square inches in size. I want to patch the holes. I figure I can jam some largish rocks into the opening then pack in cement around those rocks. So, is there another way that I should consider? What kind of cement patch material should I be looking for? Thanks. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: (412) 268-9081
