Working on the sidewalk...

Since it was Saturday, we slept until 8:30am. We had a quick breakfast and headed outside to work on the sidewalk. We first pulled up all the black carpet strips. Beth started at one end and I stared at the other. We began vacuuming up all the loose pieces with shop vacs. My vac bit the dust and started smoking about half way through. So Beth finished the part and I moved on to edging the yard side of the walk. This will help us get the green edging next to the sidewalk and help keep the grass back. We finished all this around 1:30pm. We had a quick lunch and then did a power wash on the sidewalk to get any loose parts out and all the cement dust out. That took about an hour and a half to complete, then it was on to laying the edging. So by 4pm all the prep work was done. So it was off to Lowe's to get the resurfacing mix. Well come to find out we had to do a step in between because we have patches of a least a 1/2 inch deep. So we had to get 5 bags of a sand topping mix. It is the same as cement except it does not have the rocks. We also needed an adhesive to put on the old cement before we lay the new to act as a bonding agent. So we made out purchase and headed home. Beth added the adhesive to the area we needed and we waited for it to dry. Next was the real work. We mixed one 60 pound bag of cement and a gallon of water in the wheel barrow. After it was welled mixed, we dumped it onto the area we needed and use a hand trowels to spread and level the mixture. we only needed 4 bags and thank god. I must say it does look a lot better. We are hoping to put the finished coat on tomorrow. We are both really tired and sore, but feel good that we got a lot done today. We will still have to do the spa deck, but will have a few more changes we have to work out first for that. We finally finished cleaning up and took much needed showers. A shower never felt so good as it did tonight. This is one time I really miss the hot tub. So it is off to bed and start again in the morning. Today's picture is of the worst section of the sidewalk. It would be the same as walking on a bed of gravel and sidewalks should not be rough. This is the part we had to add a sand top coat on first because of the depth of the missing concert.