Leaking Steps

[AdamM2012]

I am in need of repairing the steps shown in these photos. A builder started to renovate them a while back, but abandoned the job, which has resulted in me needing to do it myself. At the time, he added a new layer of cement on the top step, but there is a leak into the porch below that I believe is coming in from where I've circled in blue.

There is also another section further down the steps that will need filling, although this doesn't affect the porch.

I'm not particularly competent in doing this sort of work but very much willing to give it a go.

Please can anyone advise what would be the best way forward? What would I need?

 

[jj4091]

Put some mastic or a bead of sand and cememt or other waterproof filler at the bottom of the step below the door threshold to stop it leaking into the porch But a cheap angle grinder and cut off the excess sand and cement where the shuttering has been. Then paint the whole lot with masonary paint.

 

[ree]

OP,
Are your steps bridging an areaway below?
Various dilapidations can be seen on the steps, and the rendered walls, suggesting that moisture could have been entering the structure.
If the main structural support is timber framing then further investigation might be needed? A Boroscope can look thro a small hole into the inside of the steps structure.
Have any neighbour's had their steps opened up/repaired?
Pics from below the steps looking up might help.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

I'd scrub or jetwash the whole lot, make it all smooth by scraping or grinding, fill holes with strong mortar/render then paint the lot with a few coats of some decent thick and gloppy suitable paint. After the paint sets, seal every internal corner with a bead of decent external sealant, tooled to a 10mm bevel. Should look much nicer and be waterproof, regardless of where it happens to be entering.

 

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