Create the mortar mix add a 30mm layer 4.
Can concrete be laid over paving slabs.
Homeowners can benefit from this whitetopping technique to reduce labor costs and time when replacing worn asphalt driveways.
It can permanently cover a multitude of sins and look great.
Laying pavers over a concrete patio may work fine since it will experience little stress but a driveway constructed in this way may not be able to stand the stresses of vehicles.
Scrape away the excess sand and cut off the excess landscape fabric with a utility knife.
Existing tired tarmac driveway.
Glue down the last border patio blocks.
The slabs can be laid on sharp sand doug although we prefer to mix it with cement at a 6 1 ratio.
When they are placed over a granular sub base as shown on the gravels construction page the gravels can bed in to the sub base surface and so become lightly bound and unlikely to roll or move on a hard surface there is no opportunity to bed in the material just sits on top of the surface.
Lay the field pavers over concrete as you would on any paver patio.
Laying a patio on existing concrete.
Let the glue dry for a few hours before you tamp the field pavers and sweep sand across the patio to fill the joints.
To save time and money many states and municipalities use a road repair technique known as whitetopping the process of pouring concrete over asphalt rather than removing the existing asphalt.
It should be laid fairly dry with the rule of thumb being that you canb squeeze a ball in your hand and it should stay in one lump but no water should come out.
Lay the paving slabs leaving 8 to10mm spaces between them 5.
If that s the case laying pavers on concrete shouldn t take you too long.
Cracked concrete patchwork slab in your garden.
Ultimately whether or not laying pavers on top of the pre existing slab will depend on the project type itself.
There is nothing to bind these loose materials.
There may be a temptation to lay a new bed directly over the old but this too is not always a sound plan.
Prime the back of the flags with a cement based primer 3.