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Can I raise a concrete block on my walkway without breaking it?
A piece of my front walkway has sunk 3 1/2 inches on the side closest to the house. So we step very far down when we step off of the stoop onto this walkway. This concrete front walkway is made out of separate squares of concrete. The squares are about 3 x 4 feet and 3 plus inches deep. I know nothing about concrete, but I was thinking of digging out underneath this sunken block and jacking it up with my car jack and then loading dirt underneath. Will the concrete break when it is jacked up? Do you have any advice as to how to fix my problem? One person said to add a small concrete step on the end of the sunken slab so we don't have so far to step down. Is that a better idea?
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Ha ha ha....lol lol lol. Sorry, was just reading tickettorides answer to this question. You know, ticket to ride...the guy that speaks for all contractors in a three state area. He had a good point when he said novices shouldn't answer questions on here, only experts like him. So I looked into his profile to see what else he was an expert at. Seems he's an expert on trolls, C-Sections, loose stools in 4 year olds, getting evicted, and so on and so on.
Anyway, like others have said, you could repair the slab, but replacing would be the better solution in the long run.
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