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The pavement outside my house has broken slabs and weeds. Patch it or redo it?

If only a few slabs are broken, just those can be replaced. When most are broken and weeds grow everywhere, it usually makes more sense to redo the whole stretch, for example in new concrete.

A pavement with broken slabs isn't just an eyesore. Loose slabs, with weeds and moss between them, make it easy to trip or slip, and the water that gets underneath slowly damages the rest as well.

Broken pavement slabs with weeds and moss

On this pavement the slabs had broken along its whole length. Instead of patching, new concrete was laid from the kerb to the wall, around the drain cover, with a timber board blocking the way while it set. Once it had dried, the surface was painted grey and the base of the wall white.

The new concrete on the pavement, with a board blocking the way

If only a few slabs are broken and the rest are sitting firmly, replacing just those is usually enough. The hard part is finding matching slabs, so the new pieces may stand out.

The pavement is a public space, and in many municipalities work on it needs approval or has to follow set specifications. It's worth asking your municipality before the work starts.

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A New Concrete Sidewalk

A broken sidewalk overgrown with weeds and moss was relaid in concrete and painted grey.

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The joints in my stone courtyard have gone dark. Does it need relaying?Not necessarily. If the stones are sound, the joints alone can be redone, which binds the floor together again and completely changes how it looks.After rain, water sits on my balcony, mostly by the door. What's wrong?Usually the falls: the floor doesn't slope towards the drain, or it has hollows. If the drain is clear, the slope only changes if the layer under the tiles is redone.Weeds and moss grow between my paving slabs. Is pulling them out enough?For a while, yes, but they'll come back. They grow where joints have opened and damp lingers, so the lasting fix is to close the joints or redo the broken stretch.For a yard or sidewalk, which is better: concrete or slabs?There's no single right answer. Concrete gives one continuous surface with no joints for weeds. Slabs and stone look better and can be repaired piece by piece, but their joints need care.

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