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Hi all –
I've currently got a porch and path at the front of the house paved in different shaped, coloured paving stones – the sort you used to get in the '80s – yellow, green, pink etc. The mortar in between has crumbled and broken away and I want to give the whole thing a facelift. Not only that but the pavers on the porch area have been triple painted in some kind of horrible brick red floor paint which I've tried again and again to get off with wire wool, nitromors and a jet wash.
I've already started work on the rest of the front and the borders running down the sides of the path and have covered it in pea gravel. I was thinking of pulling up the old pavers on the path and covering it in gravel but just sitting some new pavers there first, with gravel around them like stepping stones. I'm guessing that with a bit of sand underneath and weed membrane that would be okay but I'm not sure what to do about the porch as it would mean taking the pavers out right up to house. I wonder if I could get away with laying down a thin(it) layer of concrete on top of the old pavers on the porch. Does anyone know if this would be okay? How thick does a layer of concrete need to be and would it crack?
Any help appreciated. Cheers
I've currently got a porch and path at the front of the house paved in different shaped, coloured paving stones – the sort you used to get in the '80s – yellow, green, pink etc. The mortar in between has crumbled and broken away and I want to give the whole thing a facelift. Not only that but the pavers on the porch area have been triple painted in some kind of horrible brick red floor paint which I've tried again and again to get off with wire wool, nitromors and a jet wash.
I've already started work on the rest of the front and the borders running down the sides of the path and have covered it in pea gravel. I was thinking of pulling up the old pavers on the path and covering it in gravel but just sitting some new pavers there first, with gravel around them like stepping stones. I'm guessing that with a bit of sand underneath and weed membrane that would be okay but I'm not sure what to do about the porch as it would mean taking the pavers out right up to house. I wonder if I could get away with laying down a thin(it) layer of concrete on top of the old pavers on the porch. Does anyone know if this would be okay? How thick does a layer of concrete need to be and would it crack?
Any help appreciated. Cheers
