Hey, good afternoon, everybody. This is Chris Berger and yes, it’s time for a Berger Point.
For buyers and sellers, when you’re entering a home, it should be pristine.
It should be picked up, clean, and swept, but I wanted to show you one of my own pet peeves that just drives me crazy.
So if you look at this top landing of concrete, it’s really perfect.
There’s no imperfections.
However, if you take a step back and you look at the second step before entering, you can see where the concrete has peeled off and is slipping away and cracking.
So with that in mind, I wanted to tell you that basically on concrete, you should never use rock salt because what rock salt will do, it will damage the concrete.
So what do you use?
Well, they make a product called calcium chloride which does not damage concrete in the same way.
And it’s very good for use on pavers because the pavers actually is a much stronger
form of concrete.
So, but I would go with the calcium chloride because it’ll never discolor it.
It won’t break up the cement.
However, on your driveway, if your driveway is asphalt or blacktop, rock salt is fine.
When you go to repair something like this, they make something called Top and Bond which can be applied at up to a quarter of an inch.
*Chris Berger is NOT affiliated with this product or company*
Also too, they have a liquid top and bond so that you mix it to a runny consistency and you can actually pour it onto the concrete and it will fill all the cracks and adhere nicely to your old cement because it actually has a bonding agent in it.
*** So I’m going to tackle that in October and see if we can spruce this up.
------------------- The hat I’m wearing today is one of my fondest for sure.
It’s a New York Yankee hat.
Generally, it’s great for the winter months because it’s a little thicker, a little heavier, and it’s been a miserable season to watch the Yankees.
So for the first time today, I can actually say with pride that they won three in a row against the Houston Astros.
I go back to 1964 with watching Mickey Mantle at Yankee Stadium with my dad in the World Series.
And actually, I was given a ball that was signed by the team.
I don’t know if you can see that.
Actually, right above Mickey’s name is Yogi Berra.
So it’s been quite a journey and been bragging about the Yankees quite a bit.
This year has been a tough year.
But we have a new, exciting gentleman by the name of Jason Dominguez, who is now playing center field for the Yankees, 20 years old. He’s going to be a phenomenal player. Enjoy.
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Hello! I'm Chris Berger and I'm sharing my 40+ years of experience as an NY & FL realtor, home renov & prop mgmt. Yankees fan. Concert goer. Dog lover. Granddad.
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