Took me 3 months to fix a simple sidewalk trip hazard on my property

Everyone told me it'd be a quick job. Just jack up the concrete slab and pour new mud underneath. Yeah right. First I had to find a contractor willing to do such a small job, which took 2 weeks of calling around. Then the city permit process held me up another month. The actual work took one afternoon but the concrete took 3 days to cure before I could walk on it. Ended up costing $450 for something I thought would be a $150 Saturday project. Anyone else deal with a small fix that turned into a huge headache on the west side?

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jordanl821mo ago

Did the permit itself cost anything or just the wait?

miab871mo ago

Nope, the permit itself was free! Just the ridiculous wait time.

miab8711d ago

Honestly, "just jack up the concrete slab and pour new mud underneath" sounds like the kind of advice you get from someone who's never actually held a shovel. @jordanl82 I feel like you've been here before too. I tried to fix a crooked paver in my driveway once, ended up digging up half the yard and finding a buried sprinkler line I didn't know existed. Three weekends and a hundred bucks later, my "one hour project" had me questioning my entire existence. At least yours was done by a pro, mine was a masterpiece of do-it-yourself regret.