Day One-sixty-six: Taking concrete steps

Apologies for the pun, just couldn't resist. But as you can see, we were being literal as well. The front steps have been skim coated and the broken, improperly graded walkway has been replaced. This was done yesterday and with plenty of sun and heat this weekend the walkway will whiten to match the steps within a couple days.

A second scheduled part of the work was to parge a section of the back wall that had been patched to close up the vent in the basement bathroom.

Finally, we had the company close the holes and crack in the basement wall. We asked about parging the basement walls but it doesn't go over painted areas well, so once the cement cures we'll stick with Drylok or some similar water-proofing paint to coat all the basement walls.