Resurfacing a Concrete Patio

The easiest way of covering or resurfacing an old concrete patio is without a doubt to lay HandyDeck wood, stone or composite wood tiles over the top. With HandyDeck's DIY patio pavers, it's just a simple matter of snapping the individual modules directly into place on top of the existing surface.

There's no special surface preparation normally required and you don't need any special skills... or special tools...not even nails or screws. Just measure the area you want to cover, calculate how many tiles you'll need and you're ready to go. Everything you need to resurface your patio is right inside in each box of tiles - a complete DIY patio kit!

Provided the concrete patio isn't excessively cracked, you can simply lay the tiles directly over the top of your existing concrete surface. Small cracks are generally no problem, but if you have larger cracks where there is a height discontinuity of more than about 3/16", then you may need to patch the cracks or level the surface with later of thinset or other suitable patching compound. If possible, tile joins should not lie directly over and parallel to any cracks.

Whilst our EzyTile range of ceramic, granite and natural slate tiles look great over old concrete patios, with this particular range, it's important that the surface is as smooth as possible. If the tiles are allowed to "rock" on the surface below, there is some chance that they may crack if heavy objects are dropped on the tiles. This doesn't mean that the surface should not have any slight slope. In fact with all our tile products and especially with our wood tiles, there should always be a slight slope on the surface to allow water to drain away freely underneath the tiles.

If you have pipes or other obstacles on the patio, that's no real problem since with the SwiftDeck or LinkDeck tiles you can easily cut the tiles to shape with a handsaw or jigsaw. With the EzyTile range you'll need top use wetsaw to cut the tiles to shape.

To give a professional finishing touch to the outer edge of your patio, reducer strips are available which simply snap onto the edge of the outer row of tiles.