Re-laying loose pavers?

pgseye · Mar 16, 2017 7:37 am

Hi,
Wondering if I can get some advice on how to re-lay pavers that have become loose? We've just moved to a new property and I've found about a dozen pavers that are basically just 'sitting' in position. They're about 50 cm x 20 cm in size. They have been used to pave steps leading down to the back garden and also around the edge of the pool - so I have the additional issue of needing to re-lay by a salt water environment.

I'm not particularly handy. The Bunnings guy sold me mortar mix, which sounds ok, but thinking about it more I'm concerned I'm going to have a levelling problem trying to keep the loose pavers at the same height as those around them (depending on how much mortal mix you put underneath),

Is there some sort of tile or paver adhesive you can use that will cover several square metres without costing a fortune and allow the pavers to be kept more level?

Thanks a lot,

Paul

TheGardenWhisperer · Mar 24, 2017 7:14 pm

Pulling up the surrounding paving and relaying would be the best advice.
For headers/capping around the pool, some use industrial adhesives.

What's under these pavers?
Why are they loose?

Any chance of a pic?

pgseye · Mar 25, 2017 8:23 am

Many thanks Garden Whisperer - I was beginning to think this was falling in the too hard basket.

I'm not sure why they're loose, but what you say about pulling them all up and relaying makes sense, and what I was resigning myself to doing. The question is what do I re-lay them with - mortar mix or something else?

The two main areas are around the pool and on the steps leading down to the garden (pics hopefully attached).

Thanks for any advice,

Paul

P.S. Please let me know if the photos don't work - I just joined photo bucket.

TheGardenWhisperer · Mar 25, 2017 2:28 pm

Ahhh. That's better.
Assuming you want to do this yourself and you are approaching this with limited skills and resources we can do some OK~ish repairs.

Well, you'll need to clean both surfaces up. Chip off all the old mortar. Clean with a stiff brush and sugar soap. (A mild acid solution would be best though).

You can get some flexible dark grey mortar repair tubes in hardware outlets that fit into your corking gun. (Not ideal but will do the job for you in this case)

You will also need some Sikabond or Skiabond Techgrip to reattach the bullnose pavers.

Once bonded in place, use the flexible mortar in the gaps to tidy it up.

*This would be an acceptable DIY repair.

pgseye · Mar 26, 2017 8:52 am

Many thanks Garden Whisperer. That all sounds good and what I am after is an 'acceptable' DIY repair. We are likely to renovate in the next 3-5 years and so it only needs to do the job until then. Given there will be several square metres to cover - Sikabond Techgrip seems like it will blow out in cost - about $20 for 500g. Do you think this would be a better solution than just using the mortar mix that I already have?

Thanks,
Paul

TheGardenWhisperer · Mar 26, 2017 11:29 pm

If you have some mortar, that would be better.