Can you lay pavers over concrete

The patio has a stone wall on one side and the water collects in area against the wall. My landscaper installed pavers over my existing patio using a sand base and filling the spaces between with sand…then the rains came and leached water up to the stucco on the house. They drilled about 60 holes in the patio, layed the pavers over sand again and now the monsoon season in New Mexico is here…needless to say, water is leaching up to the house and staining the stucco…. My landscaper says this is normal and especially on a patio facing north.

I say this could ultimately result in stucco damage as well as other structural problems…any suggestions? I have cool deck over concrete around my pool. It is not is bad shape but looks old. What is the best way to spruce this up and make it look new again? I have an uncovered patio that used to have outdoor carpet. After mulitple demo efforts, there are still traces of carpet glue residue and water pools in the center. The patio is surrounded by the brick walls of our house on three sides and a short drivet wall on the fourth.

I am open to removing the short wall. This seems quite hopeless without a huge budget. Any suggestions would be appreciated! I have just signed a contract to have pavers put around my pool deck. What do you think? Regards Lauretta.

My house is 97 years old and sits on the corner at the intersection between two streets. The concrete walkways to the street at the front of the house and the one to the street at the side of the house are old and pocked, and so are the two or three steps that go down to the street level. After thoroughly scrubbing this old concrete with a rotary wire brush attachment on a Rigid angle grinder, I used Quickcrete patching material to patch the pocked areas in the concrete.

I placed small round globs of the masonry adhesive at six points on the bottom of each brick paver so that there would plenty of space for rain water to drain out between the pavers and the concrete surface underneath.

Then I cut heavy black construction paper to fit in two layers between the two courses of brick pavers on either side of the walkway—a space 24 inches wide. Then I spread a thin layer of sand over the black paper and proceeded to cover the black paper with a basket weave design of brick pavers. It all fit together just perfectly without doing any cutting. I did have to do some cutting to cover the steps going down to street level and at the porch steps.

I sprinkled the whole surface with water to wash as much of the sand as possible into the spaces between the brick pavers. Using the same procedure I covered the concrete patios at two entrances into the house. That was two years ago, and things have held together beautifully. Will I have a problem in winter with water getting under the pavers and freezing?

Hi, Bill! I like your recommendation to fill joints with polymeric sand to help with excess water. To make our cuts, we used a circular saw for straight cuts, and a grinder for our curved cuts. For both tools, we used diamond tip blades, which are needed for cutting through concrete and stone without chipping. Because we laid our pavers in a diamond pattern and had big curve in our pathway, we had to make a LOT of cuts.

It took us Bryan many hours to get through all of them, but it was worth it! Once all of the pavers were in place and our cuts were finished, we cleaned them off, removed the spacers, and spread polymeric sand into the joints. Polymeric sand is different from regular sand — it has polymers in it that become like a glue and hold pavers together when it gets wet. We used a broom to sweep the sand into all of the joints, and then wet the entire walkway with our hose when we were finished.

By installing the 1. You can see here how short our bottom porch step is, and the unfinished edge in the front. We bought limestone stair treads from a local stone yard to cap the front of the walkway and all of the stairs. You may have also noticed that we installed a retaining wall! This was another budget friendly project that we tackled ourselves, and one that made a HUGE impact on our curb appeal. Remember when it looked like this? After everything was dry, we went over the concrete with this travertine ledger stone , and used the same landscape adhesive to adhere it to the wall.

And this is where we started — eeeek. So glad we got these hardscaping projects finished before the weather turned! What do you think? Would you tackle a project like this? You took it to a very textured, interesting, and clean-lined look, and it blends well with your house. I love the home you selected for renovation and for living. I liked your paver orientation on the diagonal.

The two of you look handsome and strong together; I hope your union lasts forever. Take care and good luck with your new career direction.

I will follow you from time to time. Happy Holidays! What a spectacular transformation! It just goes to show how creativity can come up with a beautiful solution and still not break your budget. Amazing job on your house too! Hugs, Jamie. However, your edging needs to allow for water to properly drain. Your new patio or walkway needs to be up to 3 inches higher than the original concrete.

You need to be sure to plan for transitions to other areas, especially if the patio adjoins your house. Otherwise, if the concrete surface is broken, very uneven, or in terrible conditions, the best option is ripping it off and start over with pavers.

Do you want to upgrade your patio and lay pavers over concrete , but have no idea how much is gonna cost? What about a free estimate? If you live in Sarasota, Manatee, or any of our surrounding counties contact us , we will be glad to assist you! All about pavers and hardscaping. Share on facebook. Share on twitter.

Share on pinterest. Share on email. Guides concrete pavers , lay pavers. How to lay pavers over concrete? Sand set This is the most common method of laying pavers over a concrete base, especially with pedestrian applications, such as walkways and patios. To install pavers over concrete using a sand set application it is recommended to follow the next steps: Step 1: Place a level of 1-inch sand bedding layer between the pavers and underlying concrete, this process is very similar to a standard paver installation.