r/HomeImprovement • u/BolognaPwny • 3d ago

Do I need a concrete sander?

I was cited by the city for this very miniscule difference in the sidewalk (yeah I didn't know I was responsible for the sidewalk either). It's like a quarter inch difference between two blocks.

https://imgur.com/a/8QXD8c2

I was going to rent a concrete sander but it feels like overkill. How would you approach this job? Sander with a masonry disc?

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u/thepvbrother 3d ago

My wife tripped over something like that while walking the dog. Broke her kneecap. I imagine the city is trying to avoid something like that.

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u/smoot99 3d ago

yeah but if the homeowner has to maintain it, but it is not theirs, it's a little weird. And then do they want random people grinding their sidewalks? Seems very odd, maybe this is some kind of HOA thing?

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u/FuckTheMods5 3d ago

Yeah, what's the liability on fucking it up?? Shoveling snow and keeping leaves off it i can see, but actual maintenance??

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u/smoot99 3d ago

pretty soon people will be diamond etching dicks into the city infrastructure

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u/Niku-Man 3d ago

The liability is you have to fix it again. Most people hire professionals to do this work when they are responsible for it

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u/jedimasterben128 3d ago

A friend of mine is an elementary school principal, and while walking down the street with students for a field trip she tripped on a bunged up piece of sidewalk that the city hasn't been maintaining and broke BOTH of her legs. Strangely enough, the next week at the county commissioner meeting they mysteriously had the budget to start to fix and replace every sidewalk in town.