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New Patio on Old Concrete
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 12:31:15 GMT, Tom Redpath wrote:
Good Afternoon, I have not posted here before but as a novice gardener atemmpting my first big project I would really appreciate some advice. I have just moved into a property with an old, cracked and slightly unevenr concrete patio. I want to relay this with flags but am unsure whether I would need to rip up the old patio, screed it level or simply put down a good layer of sand to level it off before laying slabs... Anyone have any hints and tips? There's another approach: view your existing patio as a planting opportunity. There are certain plants that grow very well in patio cracks and not very well in nearly any other position. Nierembergia rivularis is the primary example I can give you. It's long dead out in the open garden, but in my patio's cracks, it thrives and goes from strength to strength, with a very long flowering period in summer, a low mat of leaves stuff the cracks adorned with large bright-white flowers. If all you really want is a level patio, another approach is to lift the slabs comprising the existing one, and re-lay them with sand underneath to get them level. This retains the cracks, and may save a fair bit of money as well, though it's not easy work. (I'm assuming here that you have a patio of poured concrete.) -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada [change "atlantic" to "pacific" and "invalid" to "net" to reply by email] |
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