I purchased a home last August in NJ. We got a few good strong snow storms this winter and from now on the concrete about the front porch is crumbling in many places. In addition, the mortar amongst the bricks is checking out powder. From what I can see this porch is certainly not old. When I acquire pieces of the cracked cement evidently it is mostly sand with just a tiny amount of cement. The mortar is the identical way. I am just wondering if this was just a very cheap task finished by the contractor or if it was a result of all of the snow storms. I have included pictures. My question is: What is the simplest way of fixing it? I am guessing I will surely have to remove the many layers of brick and hang in new mortar but how to handle the cracked concrete? In the vast majority of pictures below, me is placed there for scale.
This photo shows a cracked top plate (Unsure if I am utilizing the right term)
This is the mortar between the top plate and also the bricks.
Close up of the crumbling mortar.
The most notable plate isn't staying with the bricks underneath by any means and I can lift it with my hand.
This is a piece of the concrete that chipped out. This image shows the thickness in the piece that became available. As you can see it's about an inch thick. Underneath it is a crumbling and I can't know if it is just loose sand underneath or over crumbling concrete. I will probably be extremely upset when the thickness of the concrete ends up being only 1" unless someone on here informs me that this is usual.
More crumbling mortar.
More crumbling concrete.
I used slightly fewer than 1/4" Flex Bond Gray Bonding Mortar onto double plywood floor. I then used 1/4" hardi-backer nailed every 8". Sixty the leftover mortar completely turned time for powder rubbing it between my fingers. The mortar in the hardi-backer is also wearing down and would not bond. I sent a pre-owned sample towards company as well as results were that I mixed it right, however couldn't analyze why, it reverted to powder. They did inform me however they don't recommend making use of their mortar products after 6 months. I never read about unopened mortar going bad. Nevertheless there is no expiration date on the bag, it's not possible to tell this. They said Home Depot rotates their stock every 6 months. They also explained that it couldn't survive a problem to keep at it laying the tile. Certainly I won't use Custom Products Flex Bond. Although, i was told that I shouldn't have a problems also to continue with my project. I am concerned as this is a laundry room with a ton of vibration from my old washer. Will the extracting of FlexBond below the hardi-backer cause my grout or tile number one to crack? Some powder actually seeps out into your kitchen between your doorway.
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