So after 67 years of faithful service, the front stoop of our house kinda fell apart. I'd noticed that some of the pavers on top were a bit loose, so I figured that I would fix it. After moving the bricks to re-mortar them back in, I noticed that there wasn't anything to re-mortar them back in to.
There was no slab there anymore. Let this be a lesson for those of us who tend to be liberal with the use of salt in the wintertime. In addition to magically removing the ice, it also magically turns mortar into sand. And caused the slab at the top of the stairs to collapse into the abyss below.
I can do many projects around the house, and this was not one of them. So I got a contractor and had someone else do it.
It's all nice now, and we'll put in the railings later on.
