Paving
A New Concrete Sidewalk
A broken sidewalk overgrown with weeds and moss was relaid in concrete and painted grey.
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Step by step
1. Before
The slabs were broken, with weeds and moss growing between them. A sidewalk like this is easy to slip or trip on.
2. New concrete
The sidewalk is laid with new concrete around the drain cover. A timber board blocks the way while the concrete sets.
3. All the way along
The new concrete runs the full length, level from the kerb to the wall.
4. Painting
Once the concrete has dried, the surface is painted grey and the base of the wall is painted white.
5. The result
A clean, continuous sidewalk with no broken slabs or weeds.
Questions this job answers
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.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.