New patio stone build, what to do with concrete slab
#1
05-19-19, 10:49 AM
New patio stone build, what to do with concrete slab
Hello
I am going to replace some decades old patio stones with some nice interlock. I just have no idea what to do with, or how to work with, the concrete slab that comes out of the entrance. Should i just leave it, or have it redone? Should i get rid of it all together? If it stays, at what height should the interlock start? Right under it, same level...?
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I am going to replace some decades old patio stones with some nice interlock. I just have no idea what to do with, or how to work with, the concrete slab that comes out of the entrance. Should i just leave it, or have it redone? Should i get rid of it all together? If it stays, at what height should the interlock start? Right under it, same level...?
attached are pics
https://*******/WpRpVN5
https://*******/v4J9bCh
#2
05-19-19, 11:21 AM
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Those pictures are hosted at a site that DIY does not allow.
You can let me know what site that is and I'll import them or you can post them directly to the board.
How-to-insert-pictures.
#4
05-19-19, 06:30 PM
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If you are doing a paver patio I'd remove the existing concrete slab. From that slice of photo I assume it's relatively small and the project will go faster when you can properly get in there to compact the base material.
#6
05-20-19, 01:14 PM
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I would. If you don't the new blocks you install would be too high in regards to the surrounding area if you install them over that cement pad.
#7
05-25-19, 12:57 PM
Ok, so I started demoing the slab. Maybe a bad idea, maybe inevitable, but I'm not even sure what I was expecting behind it (brick I guess). Anyway, I don't know what would be behind this slab - I think it was part of the home's actual build. I think I just need to have it re-done flush with the brick at this point. Does that make sense? I don't know if I should bother trying to destroy it any further back.
Higher quality pics here
https://imgur.com/a/6InmjBR
Higher quality pics here
https://imgur.com/a/6InmjBR
#8
05-26-19, 04:20 AM
Member
That was the sill plate of the window, that should have been left alone, the demo, or just removal should have been the stones on the ground!!
