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My sidewalk has buckled in the ongoing heat wave of the past few days.
A huge bump gets created every day, and goes partially down every night.
How can this be fixed?
Should we cut an inch gap between the 2 parts? Or 2 inches? or more than 1 gap?
Cutting such gaps... how?
My sidewalk has buckled in the ongoing heat wave of the past few days.
A huge bump gets created every day, and goes partially down every night.
How can this be fixed?
Should we cut an inch gap between the 2 parts? Or 2 inches? or more than 1 gap?
Cutting such gaps... how?
Get someone to cut off a half inch or an inch. The guys who cut concrete will know how much to cut. You will eventually have to fill it but again the guys who cut it and can likely tell you. Should cost at most a couple of hundred dollars.
My sidewalk has buckled in the ongoing heat wave of the past few days.
A huge bump gets created every day, and goes partially down every night.
How can this be fixed?
Should we cut an inch gap between the 2 parts? Or 2 inches? or more than 1 gap?
Cutting such gaps... how?
If it's a safety issue, which most sidewalk buckling is, then your city should be responsible. Call them about your concern.
It should be cut back about 1/2 inch and a concrete foam spacer inserted.
According to local law, the home owner is responsible for the maintenance of the sidewalk.
Maintenance is keeping it clean and free of debris. That is not a maintenance issue, but a construction flaw. Send a certified letter to the city, cc. your homeowner insurance, that you think it is a hazard to safety and you are formally warning them of it as a courtesy from a concerned resident. Once you touch it or attempt to correct it, if someone gets hurt you are also liable.
The general concept is that a sidewalk is an easement that benefits the community at your expense, just like a buried gas or water line. You have responsibility not to damage those, and to reasonably attempt to prevent damage, but repair or replacement are not your responsibility.
Yep. Call your city. We had a damaged sidewalk due to the city removing a tree that had been hit by lightning. When they dropped the tree they cracked the sidewalk. This caused it to sink after a year of so of rain (Florida). So I contacted the city and told them that they broke it, that it had sunk and whenever it rained a lot water would pool.
Took them a couple of months but they did come out and dig it up and replace it.
Maintenance is keeping it clean and free of debris. That is not a maintenance issue, but a construction flaw. Send a certified letter to the city, cc. your homeowner insurance, that you think it is a hazard to safety and you are formally warning them of it as a courtesy from a concerned resident. Once you touch it or attempt to correct it, if someone gets hurt you are also liable.
The general concept is that a sidewalk is an easement that benefits the community at your expense, just like a buried gas or water line. You have responsibility not to damage those, and to reasonably attempt to prevent damage, but repair or replacement are not your responsibility.
You still didn't answer the question-
Is it yours? Or is it the public sidewalk next to the street?
Yours- would be within the actual property lines.
"Public sidewalk" is within the ROW.
I don't know.
There is the :
road
curb
small patch of lawn
sidewalk
main lawn
house front.
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