Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 5:38 pm
Hi folks! Hope we're all well 
My Mum and Dad are looking for a way to improve their patio without ripping it up and relaying it. Their patio was laid on a dry mix about 8 years ago which has pretty much washed away now, the pointing has almost all come loose and flaked away too.
They aren't planning on staying in the house too much longer (maybe a year or two) so they are reluctant to spend lots of money getting it all done from scratch. The stone is really heavily stained with algae so I've given them some cleaner for this and I was going to sort out some pointing compound for them but if the bedding has washed away as my Dad says then this will just disappear under the slabs.
Anybody have any ideas or am I clutching at straws?
My Mum and Dad are looking for a way to improve their patio without ripping it up and relaying it. Their patio was laid on a dry mix about 8 years ago which has pretty much washed away now, the pointing has almost all come loose and flaked away too.
They aren't planning on staying in the house too much longer (maybe a year or two) so they are reluctant to spend lots of money getting it all done from scratch. The stone is really heavily stained with algae so I've given them some cleaner for this and I was going to sort out some pointing compound for them but if the bedding has washed away as my Dad says then this will just disappear under the slabs.
Anybody have any ideas or am I clutching at straws?
My Dad can turn his hand to most things - he pretty much re-built our entire house with my boyfriend last year - but when it's his own house he tends to let it drag on a bit! 