This old house we bought had a driveway and a below grade sideload garage in the end of the driveway. There was an "L" shape retaining wall built around that driveway. Long side of that "L" seperate this house from neighbor's lot. Judging from the style and looks of the wall, it was built by the previous owner (the one even before this seller, so at least six years ago) Next door was a tear-down rebuilt, and we do not know for how long that retaining wall has been leaning, and not very clear if it lands right on the boundary or it's entirely on my side. But now the wall is leaning towards the driveway, and the home inspector said it needed to be fixed, and it probably won't be cheap. The general contractor who is doing renovation of our house said the same thing, but suggested that it could be caused by the heavy machinery coming in and out of nextdoor lot during the construction. First time SFH owner, so I had no experience dealing this type of scenario. A friend of mine suggested me talking to the new owner about this safety concern, and the cost might be shared. I'm a little hesitant to be the unfriendly newly moved-in neighbor to welcome another new mover with such a request. Questions are: 1. in this case, who holds the responsibility of repairing this (as a safety concern), I don't want the logs from that leaning retaining wall to collapse or pile on my cars or even worse, family. 2. What would be the proper fix? And what type of company should I ask? The driveway is concrete btw. Thanks a lot. I attached two pix, one is from 6 years ago (google streetview, so it was skewed a little), way before this new built house next door, the next one was present time. [IMG]http://www.city-data.com/forum/attachments/house/199102d1529354426-bought-old-house-leaning-retaining-wall-before.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.city-data.com/forum/attachments/house/199103d1529354432-bought-old-house-leaning-retaining-wall-after.jpg[/IMG]

Hi Everyone, I had a company pour new concrete steps at my apartment building but they forgot to screed under the 2-by's that formed the risers. Their solution was to even it off with some other masonry product which they applied to the risers too. Now, 2-1/2 years later, it is peeling off the risers and popping off the treads where the 2-by's were (when formed). I am about to contact them but want to be armed with knowledge: what would the appropriate repair be for this problem? Vinyl concrete patching? Something else? I paid a lot of money for these steps just to make the place look better, now it looks bad and the only reason I paid for this was to make it look good. Thanks in advance! -Tony [IMG]http://www.tonytonini.com/steps1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.tonytonini.com/steps2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.tonytonini.com/steps3.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.tonytonini.com/steps4.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.tonytonini.com/steps5.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.tonytonini.com/steps6.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.tonytonini.com/steps7.jpg[/IMG]