Homeowners can benefit from this whitetopping technique to reduce labor costs and time when replacing worn asphalt driveways.
Can concrete be laid over paving slabs.
But the fact that resin bound surfacing is a thin section screed 12 to 18mm and can be laid on existing surfaces concrete tarmac paving etc is actually one if it s main strengths.
There is nothing to bind these loose materials.
If that s the case laying pavers on concrete shouldn t take you too long.
Create the mortar mix add a 30mm layer 4.
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.
With rigid bound bedding mortar or concrete it is highly unlikely that the old bed will perfectly accommodate the new paving so it should be removed prior to laying new.
Prepare your concrete 2.
Cracked concrete patchwork slab in your garden.
Let the glue dry for a few hours before you tamp the field pavers and sweep sand across the patio to fill the joints.
It can permanently cover a multitude of sins and look great.
Laying a patio on existing concrete.
Lay the field pavers over concrete as you would on any paver patio.
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.
There may be a temptation to lay a new bed directly over the old but this too is not always a sound plan.
Existing tired tarmac driveway.
Lay the paving slabs leaving 8 to10mm spaces between them 5.
Prime the back of the flags with a cement based primer 3.
Ultimately whether or not laying pavers on top of the pre existing slab will depend on the project type itself.
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.
The slabs can be laid on sharp sand doug although we prefer to mix it with cement at a 6 1 ratio.