Jackoallmasternone

This is what i did. Way to much to tell the whole story that goes with it but it worked for me first thing Dont use spray fome i tried it. it stops the leak but doesn't work as a solid support hints the name foam. I was nervous about cutting holes in the steps or cutting cement out behind them there's no telling where the pipes are at exactly so I chose to cut steps three holes 6 inches around in an oval shape in the unsupported steps one step at a time so I could add and compact dirt with a shovel handle packing all directions while splashing water now in then to get the best compaction until the steps where solid then around the holes I cut out I left room to add hydraulic cement and pushed it under the existing edge of my steps-about 2 inches with my fingers then filled in the rest of the hole untill it was flush with the step I also got some paintable window and door silicone to reinsure the patch don't leak and smeared over the whole area after everything is cleaned and dry hydraulic cement is water proof but its still cement and cement is poores use rubber gluves to mix by hand in a butter bowl only mix as much as u can apply it sets up faster than u can use it and that stuff isn't cheap for three steps I needed 3 small buckets and could have had a little more seems to be working fine if u find pipes and happen to cut/drill into one you want to fix it b4 filling the holes in and may still need to cut the decking to bypass pipes around the steps no matter what it's not much fun and only cut holes in the steps if you can't make it any worse than it is

This is what i did. Way to much to tell the whole story that goes with it but it worked for me first thing Dont use spray fome i tried it. it stops the leak but doesn't work as a solid support hints the name foam. I was nervous about cutting holes in the steps or cutting cement out behind them there's no telling where the pipes are at exactly so I chose to cut steps three holes 6 inches around in an oval shape in the unsupported steps one step at a time so I could add and compact dirt with a shovel handle packing all directions while splashing water now in then to get the best compaction until the steps where solid then around the holes I cut out I left room to add hydraulic cement and pushed it under the existing edge of my steps-about 2 inches with my fingers then filled in the rest of the hole untill it was flush with the step I also got some paintable window and door silicone to reinsure the patch don't leak and smeared over the whole area after everything is cleaned and dry hydraulic cement is water proof but its still cement and cement is poores use rubber gluves to mix by hand in a butter bowl only mix as much as u can apply it sets up faster than u can use it and that stuff isn't cheap for three steps I needed 3 small buckets and could have had a little more seems to be working fine if u find pipes and happen to cut/drill into one you want to fix it b4 filling the holes in and may still need to cut the decking to bypass pipes around the steps no matter what it's not much fun and only cut holes in the steps if you can't make it any worse than it is