picture of sidewalk and steps

larry@stinescorner · Aug 1, 2012

took out the old steps and sidewalk,I didnt have my camera during the demo and work,I usually dont have time,and the camera gets in close calls to be broken or dirty,but here it is done,the stone on the sidewalk is called broken flagstone,and has a new 4 inch concrete base and is set in cement,the steps are stone from the area the house is in and bluestone treads from montrose PA, and some pictures of the place that recycles broken concrete,pay to dump it and pay for road base later if you need some

DownSouth · Aug 1, 2012

Larry, when I lived in the Dallas area I knew a guy that started a business that later I said "now why the heck didn't I think of that?"
Demo crews were ripping out concrete and there wasn't any place to dispose of it other than the landfill. The city began charging by weight to dump concrete and it was getting very pricy. My buddy comes up with the bright idea to take broken concrete and turn it into crushed concrete and make money on both ends so he leases a piece of flood prone land on the outskirts of Dallas real cheap and opens up the business. He also scaled the trucks coming in, but he was charging exactly half of what the city landfill was charging. As you can imagine business was brisk. He bought a big crusher, or tub grinder is what it looked like to me and began turning the broken concrete into a product closer to large gravel. He would sell that product a bit cheaper than gravel and it sold very well. Funny thing, a lot of the contractors that were building apartments at the time were paying big bucks to have concrete removed and hauled off only to buy it right back for rip rap or temporary roads during construction. Yep, I considered the man a genius for coming up with that idea.

Billy NY · Aug 1, 2012

Looks great, the mark of a quality work and finish, I have a friend that recycles concrete and similar, on a large scale, along with a lot of other services, it is a profitable material with specific uses, I don't care for asphalt made with it, better to have real stone in it, sure makes good solid fill though.

Adrian Billheimer · Aug 1, 2012

That walkway is beautiful, I think I want to do something like that for a patio here at home.
Did you pour the 4" base and let it set first, or place the flagstone before the base setup?
(Amature at crete asking!)

Adrian Billheimer · Aug 1, 2012

Sorry, ment amateur.
Rusted would be proud :^)

omahagreg · Aug 1, 2012

Very nice, Larry!

SweetFeet · Aug 1, 2012

larry@stinescorner,
Wow! That looks amazing!

larry@stinescorner · Aug 1, 2012

you could do it both ways ,but a footing was needed for the steps,so the concrete truck came with 3 yds for a footing and the sidewalk then set the flagstone with cement after the steps were done

Formerly PaMike · Aug 1, 2012

A guy near me does the same thing. Charges to dump, then charges for the end product. The beauty for him is he is an excavator so when the guys have a rain day instead of sending them home without pay they go back to the yard and run the concrete crushing plant. Everyone wins...

Bryan inIowa · Aug 1, 2012

Making it on both ends ! all the tree companies round here now split and sell the wood they used to throw away . a buddy of mine has a oil filter recycling company . He charges 30 -40 bucks for drum of used filters then shreds and cubes them and sells them. Makes pretty good money on both ends.

Anonymous-0 · Aug 1, 2012

Thanks, didn't know you miss pell it. lol.

Anonymous-0 · Aug 1, 2012

Larry, nice pics and finished job. When I first saw the pic,I wondered if the flag stone came from my area. Then when I read your message I knew. I live 7 miles from Montrose. Good luck and keep canning those nice veggies and keep sending pics.

wisbaker · Aug 1, 2012

I knew a guy with dump trucks, was charging the state to haul dirt from one road project and selling them dirt for another project, wanna guess where he got the dirt he was selling?

fixerupper · Aug 1, 2012

Very nice work. Jim

Anonymous-0 · Aug 1, 2012

Looks good. We have a gravel pit a couple miles away that takes in/crushes old cement,brick, clay shingles, etc. Costs 2 bucks a ton to buy, don't know what they charge to take it there.

Dick2 · Aug 2, 2012

How do you run a snowblower over that? Will salt destroy the grout?

Looks good, but I'd worry about how it stood up to winter.

Anonymous-0 · Aug 2, 2012

That is awsome work Larry!!!

Traditional Farmer · Aug 2, 2012

Super nice work,you're a real craftsman not many around these days.

Clodbuster · Aug 2, 2012

Looks great!!!

alg · Aug 2, 2012

Larry,
Would you travel to Lawrenceville,N.J.?,My son needs some concrete work done. He's right off of Business Rt. 1 ,North of the circle.

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