How To Install Pavers Over Concrete Steps

Installing a Paver Step for Patio or Front Door

Installing a Paver Step for Patio or Front end Door

An like shooting fish in a barrel way to update a front end entry, or update a back step, installing pavers is an easy mode to give a quick facelift to an existing physical step.

Paver Steps on Patio

When the original concrete step is withal able to exist used as a base, our process is different than if the existing steps demand to be removed. We're going to show our process for utilizing the existing stride as a base and building a new footstep effectually it.

Adding to The Concrete

Similarly to how we would build upward a new patio, we take levels of stone and sand equally a bedding and create a level base. Once the base is level nosotros'll then have wall stones and build up a new base. In this example, we added a new step, turning the original single step into a two-footstep entrance.

The wall stones we use have a finished side giving a contrasting texture to the E.P. Henry pavers utilized on the patio. These wall stones are also partially buried nether the base to provide a solid step.

Once these are in place, nosotros fill with a clean rock mixture to fill up in any gaps between to ensure there volition be no motion overtime. This is built upward two layers for the primary stride with a single layer for the 2d step. We added an extra 18 inches past the original stride to permit for a new paver top to friction match the new patio with a solid border.

If the caps and pigsty aren't filled when being installed, they can lead to the steps becoming raised and shifting over time. When you have someone installing new steps, you want to make sure they are properly filling in the gaps.

During the unabridged procedure of adding a new step, or covering an existing, we utilize levels to make sure the steps remain level.

When properly installed, brick paver steps can give years of curb entreatment.