Low Profile Outdoor Flooring for Concrete Base

[phykell]

Hi,

I've got a concrete base in my garden that's approximately 5m wide by 15m length. At one end there's a timber shed about 5m x 7.3m.

I'm trying to think of what to do with the rest of the concrete base and thought about a 5m x 5m gazebo/outdoor kitchen to the other end, leaving 2.7m space between that and the shed.

The concrete obviously doesn't look great so I'd like to cover it and I can't think of what's best - ideally it would be very low profile unless I extended the floor covering into the shed as well but that wouldn't be ideal.

Any ideas?

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

Outdoor porcelain tiles are about as low profile as you'd get. But you'll need the concrete to be very flat and not subject to movement. Powerwash it all before laying anything.

Some stone paving is pretty thin too.

If it adjoins any building be careful - ensure you're not raising it to within 150mm of the indoor floor or you could introduce damp issues.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

Also look at drainage - it needs to slope away from your shed. Either way, your shed may end up full of water once it becomes the low point - it's possible that the outside surface is currently carrying water away from the shed and you'll stop this happening by raising it.

 

[phykell]

Outdoor porcelain tiles are about as low profile as you'd get. But you'll need the concrete to be very flat and not subject to movement. Powerwash it all before laying anything.

Some stone paving is pretty thin too.

If it adjoins any building be careful - ensure you're not raising it to within 150mm of the indoor floor or you could introduce damp issues.

Thanks, another thought was to carve out slots to make the base look like individual concrete slabs and fill in the slots and around the thing with gravel like in the picture. Looks like it will take a hell of a lot of angle grinder discs to do it though!

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

Or just jetwash it then open a beer?

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

It would never look like that if you chopped it, it would be a much messier version with angular sharp edges.