Extend Cement Patio With Pavers

Stacey is a talented diyer who blogs at design addict mom and her patio makeover is part of our patio style challenge series here on the home depot blog.

Extend cement patio with pavers.

Raise the grade to make that extended patio area level with the existing concrete. Glue down the last border patio blocks. Planning is the key. How to extend concrete patios with pavers step 1.

Continue to lay the bricks on the sand cutting to fit around the border as needed. But she wanted more. Then take a shovel and excavate the area within the markings to a depth that is roughly nine inches below the level of the current patio. Step down onto the new area.

Stacey blake had a decent patio. How to extend your concrete patio with pavers 1. Scrape away the excess sand and cut off the excess landscape fabric with a utility knife. Use strings set low to the ground as a guide to keep the blocks straight.

If you can remove 2 inches of soil you could create 2. Start laying the pavers along the edge of the layout. Mark the perimeter of the extension and dig using landscaping paint or a marker mark the perimeter of the extension that you are planning making sure to keep lines even. If possible start at a hard edge such as a wall.

Planning out the area for the pavers using some wood stakes and a hammer mark out the area in which you will be. After we built our deck we wanted to extend the outdoor area a bit more with an easy diy patio using pavers this is partly because we wanted to have a place to put the grill without taking up space on the deck but also partly because my husband is still on a mission to cover as much of our backyard grass as possible. Once all of the bricks are down install the paver edging to hold them in place using the long edging nails. Buy enough pavers for the job.

Let the glue dry for a few hours before you tamp the field pavers and sweep sand across the patio to fill the joints. Lay the field pavers over concrete as you would on any paver patio. More patio that is. This would not be my choice since one step can be a tripping hazard 3.

Excavate space now that the area is marked out by the stakes you need to start digging the area you wish to. Comments for pavers and concrete patio together 1. With proper preparation and planning the diy paver project becomes easier.