So when we bought our house, it came with a poured cement patio and walkway that had seen better days. The cement was 6 inches thick and cracked and moved a bit over the years. The thought of taking a jack-hammer to it and then hauling it away wasn't too appealing. I decided to affix pressure-treated lumber "strapping" to it at 18" centers with "Ramset" concrete nails. I profiled the strapping so that the final product would be perfectly level to itself. Then it was a matter of treating it like a deck to fasten my pressure-treated deck boards, and voila!, ... a new patio and walkway. I also added the trellis system for a stubborn grape vine.
So when we bought our house, it came with a poured cement patio and walkway that had seen better days. The cement was 6 inches thick and cracked and moved a bit over the years. The thought of taking a jack-hammer to it and then hauling it away wasn't too appealing. I decided to affix pressure-treated lumber "strapping" to it at 18" centers with "Ramset" concrete nails. I profiled the strapping so that the final product would be perfectly level to itself. Then it was a matter of treating it like a deck to fasten my pressure-treated deck boards, and voila!, ... a new patio and walkway. I also added the trellis system for a stubborn grape vine.