Refurbishing Garden Steps

[thylocine]

Hi,
I have recently moved into a property that has a flight of garden steps that are sound and solid, but very unsightly (i.e a poorly finished DIY job).
I am loathe to break them up and relay them properly as this would be a mammoth task, so:-

a/ Can I face them with textured paving slabs? If so, what type of 'adhesive' is best? (eg Cement + PVA mix/ waterproof ceramic tile adhesive?)

b/ Can they be merely re-faced with cement + pva mix, without having to bother with cutting slabs?

c/ Any other suggestions/ideas?

Cheers...........

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[seasickstevie]

Is there a step hiding behind the low wall on the left.
If not, it looks like a big drop!

 

[amwc]

You cant really face them up with a render but you can put slabs on top of them and by the looks of it the lowest step is quite a short step so this helps. you just need to bed them down well with a 4 - 1 sand cement mix (fairly wet) and i'd use some weather proofing ad mixture too. and make sure they dont overhang too much.

 

[thylocine]

Cheers amwc - I'll give it a try. Will let you know how I get on - I have 4 flights to get sorted, so its going to take a bit of time!

SNM - The steps also run up towards the left (hidden behind the wall), and there is a two step drop on about a third of the width of the bottom step that you can see in the photo! (Its left hand side). I was thinking of demolishing part of the wall and making the first two steps circular so they would match up with both flights.

 

[Thermo]

if you overhang the slabs slightly, then i dont see any reason why you cant render up the risers to tidy them up