Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 07:54:26 -0500
From: gary 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: correcting slope of slab in screen porch?

Grant W. Petty wrote:
> 
> The concrete slab in our screen porch slopes toward the house instead of 
> away.  This is a problem when it storms and blows rainwater into the 
> porch through the screen or whenever we want to hose it out.
> 
> Not sure if it was always like this (it was when we bought the house 5 
> years ago; the house is 20 years old), or whether it simpled settled.
> 
> Is there a simple way to raise an existing slab on one side?  I could 
> imagine, for example breaking, a small hole through on the low side and 
> pumping mud or something underneath it to raise it.  Alternatively, I 
> suppose we could put an inch or two fresh concrete over the top of it 
> with the correct slope.
> 
> Comments?
> 
> thanks
> Grant
> 
You might consider tiling it and adjusting the level with the tile.

Gary