doorstep

  1. JD2012

    Fixing gaps in a Concrete Door Step.

    I was wondering what forum readers would suggest to fill in horizontal gaps between a front door step and the door. They are not huge gaps. I think its just caused by shrinkage as the house is about 60 years old. I was thinking something along the lines of a mastic sealant as I want to be easy...
  2. M

    Height of internal floor too low or DPC too high

    Hi, I'm getting to the end of a renovation and the concrete floor screed has been laid. This is in a rear extension to the kitchen and also a new extension at the front. There is a gap of about 3 inches between the top of the floor and the DPC level, both at the front door and at the back...
  3. S

    Doorstep render repairs

    Hi folks - seeking some advice. Project is to spruce up the doorstep of a victorian terrace house (ignoring the tiles, for now). Appears to my (untrained) eye to be layers of mortar and paint over cement, with the obligatory rusted-to-hell coal hole cover. As per the photos (see attached!)...
  4. S

    Remove concrete from (and restore) a Victorian doorstep

    I am in the process of restoring the doorstep on my Victorian terraced house. It has been tiled over at some point, which is not to my taste. I have stripped back some of the tiles, which took quite a long time as they were well and truly stuck down! Anyway, when the tiles were added the height...
  5. B

    Building a door step

    I'm building a new doorstep. I've smashed out the existing one which was bedded on loose rubble filled with sand, contained by an outer edge of mortared bricks. Current goal is to get a solid foundation on which I can mortar some new bricks and top with paving slabs. The new doorstep is going...
  6. C

    Doorstep Foundation...

    I'm in the process of building a new front Doorstep. I'm planning to build formwork, before pouring a Concrete foundation, then laying stone Treads and Risers onto a Mortar bed. There is an existing structurally sound cast-in-situ Concrete step in place that has been there for almost 100 years...
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