Patio repairs

[Dave_G]

Hi,

As I have a little time on my hands I have decided o repair our patio. This 'thing' has been down since we moved here and a number of slabs are loose. I lifted a couple today and found they have been laid on what looks like a concrete mix.

Any suggestions how I can re-lay these loose slabs without to much effort on my part - can I just dig out a small amount of the poor concrete mix and put a layer of dry sand/cement down? Any tips?

Thanks,

Dave

 

[Paul Chapman]

Hi Dave,

I did a similar repair job on our patio earlier this year. Ours really needs completely re-doing but didn't have time this year so went for a temporary patching job. I used a wet rather than dry mix. Dug out a couple of inches or so of the old stuff and sometimes more where it needed re-levelling. It's been very successful. Although using a wet mix was more back-breaking I felt that would guarantee a successful job whereas I'm not sure a dry mix always works very well - but I'm no expert on the subject so others may have a different view :wink:

Paul

 

[OLD]

using a wet morter mix makes the job easy use say a 5 to 1 mix with plasticator and place dabs so that the slab can be driven down and the dabs have some were to expand into makes lining up to adjacent slabs easy.

 

[Paul Chapman]

By the way, Wickes sell a really good, heavy duty plastic tray thingy with raised sides for mixing the sand and cement on. Had mine several years and used it a lot. Excellent and saves a lot of mess

Paul

 

[les chicken]

If the base is in good condition, but the slabs are loose try gripfix.

Not the best maybe but it sticks coping stones on walls better than a cement mix.

Les