Concrete steps fail from the surface down or from the ground up. Which one you’re looking at decides the repair — and what it costs.
Resurface or rebuild?
- Resurface when the step is solid and level but the surface is worn, pitted, flaking or covered in failing paint.
- Rebuild when cracks run through the step, corners crumble, rust stains show steel inside, or the flight has settled or pulled away from the house.
- Replace in stone when the steps are the front door of the house — thermal bluestone treads over natural stone risers turn a repair into an entrance.
How a resurfacing is done right.
- Remove what’s failing. Loose concrete and every trace of old paint come off — new material never bonds to paint.
- Rebuild the shape. Broken noses and corners are rebuilt in a Portland cement repair mortar, square and true.
- Finish with a polymer-modified resurfacer. We use the Ardex CD system: a thin, hard, bonded surface that resists freeze and thaw and can be finished to a fine texture.
- Cure it properly — protected, above freezing, before anyone walks on it.
The published numbers.
HomeAdvisor puts the average concrete step repair at about $500, with most between $250 and $750, resurfacing at $3 to $20 per square foot, and full replacement at about $3,500 on average.
See our stone steps and walkways, or send the office a photo — many step repairs can be priced from photos. Request an estimate.
