Concrete flags on driveway problem
Hi all,
Wonder if you could help with a problem? I have some concrete paving flags on my drive way, which are designed for the car to run over. One of the paving flags seems to have moved by about an inch and a half out of line.
It seems to have been moving a little bit of the last few years but sure enough due to the recent snow and ice and general bad weather (I think), the concrete flags has moved a lot faster creating a potentially dangerous and unsightly small gap. Its about an inch and a half across now. The photos give a better idea.
I've tried to pick the flag up so that I could move it back and re-lay it and I cant seem to shift it (Ive tried a couple of times but its not for moving). Does anyone have any ideas or a low cost way of solving the problem? I have plenty of small decorative garden stones, shall I just fill the hole with them or is sand or a mixture a better option? I'm trying to avoid getting a firm in to do it as the rest of the concrete flags are fine.
Any help appreciated
Kris
Wonder if you could help with a problem? I have some concrete paving flags on my drive way, which are designed for the car to run over. One of the paving flags seems to have moved by about an inch and a half out of line.
It seems to have been moving a little bit of the last few years but sure enough due to the recent snow and ice and general bad weather (I think), the concrete flags has moved a lot faster creating a potentially dangerous and unsightly small gap. Its about an inch and a half across now. The photos give a better idea.
I've tried to pick the flag up so that I could move it back and re-lay it and I cant seem to shift it (Ive tried a couple of times but its not for moving). Does anyone have any ideas or a low cost way of solving the problem? I have plenty of small decorative garden stones, shall I just fill the hole with them or is sand or a mixture a better option? I'm trying to avoid getting a firm in to do it as the rest of the concrete flags are fine.
Any help appreciated
Kris


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If you can rake out the gravel to the side of the gap to make an oval shaped hole, you should then be able to carefully hit the slab back again with a hammer using a small piece of wood held against the slab to protect it or better still a wooden mallet.
If this doesn't work, I would just fill in the gap with gravel.
I don’t know the size of this paver but most car carrying ones weigh 30 to 40kg, so I am guessing you aren’t strong.
you should wear steel toe cap boots and gloves, use a roughneck crowbar set to lift it, remove any stones etc trapped and seat it back. Then haunch it in with concrete.
alternatively pay someone to do it - I would
You can also just drive a wooden wedge (steel rod would be better) in along the edge you tapped to hold it in place.
It doesn't look from the picture that they were concreted/cemented in just laid on the surface. If they were it was probably the old dot and dab method which moves over time anyway.
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George Bernard Shaw'