Gardening and Landscaping Stack Exchange
Gardening and Landscaping Stack Exchange

Questions tagged [pavers]

27 questions
2
votes
1 answer

Are there any complications installing concrete pavers over a natural sand sub-base?

I will be installing a concrete paver patio in the near future, and recently dug 6 post holes in the area of the patio and discovered there is about 6" of topsoil/organic material, then a natural sand layer down almost 4 feet. I am wondering if this…
rgmrtn
  • 121
  • 3
2
votes
1 answer

Small grain gravel as patio base

We've bought a new house. It has a gravel patio. I'd like to install pavers over the gravel. However, the gravel is more fine grained than I see recommended when creating a paver patio. Here's a picture of the location and the gravel. The gravel…
Zach
  • 121
  • 2
2
votes
1 answer

Will concrete and clay pavers between raised beds leech any harmful chemicals into vegetables?

I have four 4 ft. x 4 ft. raised beds with a 3 ft. path between them forming a +. The raised beds are made from 2x8 untreated pine boards. The layout looks like this... ____ ____ | | | | ‾‾‾‾ ‾‾‾‾ ____ ____ | | | | ‾‾‾‾ ‾‾‾‾ I have…
Andrew
  • 123
  • 4
2
votes
3 answers

Will installing pavers help keep the soil cool around trees and shrubs?

I have this area that im working on. Got rid of all the existing soil and will have it replaced with better quality soil. Both clay btw but the other is rock free. The area is 20ft long and 10ft wide. I plan on planting 2 crepe myrtles spaced 10…
Hamid Sabir
  • 926
  • 2
  • 9
  • 19
1
vote
3 answers

Maple root buckling patio pavers

We have a maple tree, one of whose roots is causing patio pavers to rise. The pavers are 10 - 12 feet from the tree. Should I either chisel off enough to level the pavers or remove the section of root? What is the recommended approach?
geoB
  • 111
  • 5
1
vote
0 answers

Quick experiment to replace pavers with grass lawn

I am a total newbie here when it comes to gardening and lawn. I have a backyard made of paver tile which has gone bad over years, in the sense, too much weed is growing between tiles. To fix this, last year, at one part of the back yard, I removed…
Souvik Pal
  • 11
  • 1
1
vote
2 answers

Plants growing between the pavers next to rain drainage

Plants (and not just weeds) grew between the tiles and pavers of my balcony next to the rain drainage. They may cause damage to the ground (and ceiling of the person living underneath me) so how do I remove them? which tools do I need and what's the…
Mohamed Khamis
  • 111
  • 4
1
vote
1 answer

New paver walkway - grass popping through

My husband and I had a paved walkway installed last year. Yesterday we noticed grass growing through the pavers. Is this normal? The same company is supposed to be putting in a back patio but now I am hesitant to use them.
Corina
  • 19
  • 1
0
votes
0 answers

Small garden: Fully paved, Partial paved with grass or Full grass?

What is the value in a maintaining a little grass patch in a small garden? We're moving from a a rural area with a big garden to an town where every house we can afford has a small garden. The reason we're moving is mainly due to due to the need to…
APossibleGardener
  • 1
0
votes
0 answers

Removing or protecting from leaf and flower stains

I have a patio with some pavers and a walkway with some blue stones. between myself and my neighbor, we do have a lot of leaf and flower droppings. These droppings do cause a lot of stains. I tried to remove the stains with vinegar, bleach and…
Lost
  • 131
  • 3
0
votes
0 answers

Paver sealer options

So my question is more around what to do if I do not like my current paver sealer. So long story short, I went to the store and chose the pavers, they got installed in my house and I loved the way they looked. Now, comes the most frustrating part. I…
Lost
  • 131
  • 3
0
votes
0 answers

How to remove High Performance Bedding (HPB) from the bottom of my raised garden bed without disturbing the surrounding interlocking?

I recently got my backyard interlocked and had a stone garden wall installed (6 feet long, 3 feet wide and 15 inches tall). The garden wall is surrounded by interlocking on 3 sides and a wall on the fourth side. The contractor used high performance…
krjampani
  • 101
1
2