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Hi all-
Hate for my first post to be a question (and here it comes :devil3
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I've got a 16x10 pavered area in my backyard. It's sitting on a concrete slab of what I believe to be about 3". Not exactly sure why they laid the concrete first, but it's a pretty sloppy job (the perimeter isn't smoothed out at all).
My yard is quite a bit bigger than that, and I wanted to add an outdoor kitchen area, so I plan to put down some matching pavers. That has me wondering - how do I do it so that the two areas are seamless?
My options, the way I see it:
- Pick up the existing patio, demo the concrete, put down pavers over the increased area
- Leave the existing patio, try to lay concrete flush with the existing pavered area, and then drop new pavers into the new slab
- Put down pavers without a slab over the new area, and use a concrete saw to shave off the uneven parts of the perimeter to get the two areas flush
- Put down pavers without a slab over the new area, and don't try to get the two to completely match/be flush, just put some sort of gravel or other material between the two for the transition to be smooth.
#1 sounds like a lot of work - and unnecessary expense.
#2-3 - I'm not bad, but I don't know how effectively I'll be able to get these two areas to end up flush, since the other one has been laid down so long (I'm expecting the new one to sink somewhat, if not by very much, over time).
#4 - sounds like the most realistic option, but I don't know how I can get the two to line up. Am I wrong to believe I could put some gravel between the two, and I'd make it decent looking enough/safe enough so that I don't have to worry about anyone tripping?
-J
Hate for my first post to be a question (and here it comes :devil3
..I've got a 16x10 pavered area in my backyard. It's sitting on a concrete slab of what I believe to be about 3". Not exactly sure why they laid the concrete first, but it's a pretty sloppy job (the perimeter isn't smoothed out at all).
My yard is quite a bit bigger than that, and I wanted to add an outdoor kitchen area, so I plan to put down some matching pavers. That has me wondering - how do I do it so that the two areas are seamless?
My options, the way I see it:
- Pick up the existing patio, demo the concrete, put down pavers over the increased area
- Leave the existing patio, try to lay concrete flush with the existing pavered area, and then drop new pavers into the new slab
- Put down pavers without a slab over the new area, and use a concrete saw to shave off the uneven parts of the perimeter to get the two areas flush
- Put down pavers without a slab over the new area, and don't try to get the two to completely match/be flush, just put some sort of gravel or other material between the two for the transition to be smooth.
#1 sounds like a lot of work - and unnecessary expense.
#2-3 - I'm not bad, but I don't know how effectively I'll be able to get these two areas to end up flush, since the other one has been laid down so long (I'm expecting the new one to sink somewhat, if not by very much, over time).
#4 - sounds like the most realistic option, but I don't know how I can get the two to line up. Am I wrong to believe I could put some gravel between the two, and I'd make it decent looking enough/safe enough so that I don't have to worry about anyone tripping?
-J
