How to fix patio mess.

Owners before us put down slate (?)
On the back patio. It also has cinder block. The patio looks so bad that I would love to fix it and make it useable on the cheap. It's actually a lot bigger than the picture. Had a flood and the fix it guys have everything out there bagged and ready for inspection. 😜
The weeds between it gets on my nerves too.
Any suggestions on how to fix the patio mess? Thanks!
  6 answers
  • Cindy Hagemann Cindy Hagemann on Jun 21, 2018

    Kill the grass/weeds, clean it up and paint it all one color with concrete paint or sealer.

  • Franklinrawley Franklinrawley on Jun 21, 2018

    is that concrete between the slate pieces? you need to get the weeds out.

  • Janet Pizaro Janet Pizaro on Jun 21, 2018

    make a solution of white vinegar and water ,add a dab of dish soap and a dab of salt to kill the weeds.

  • Beth Gold Roccia Beth Gold Roccia on Jun 21, 2018

    Yes concrete between the slate.

    I'd like to take the slate up because it's beautiful and would go well in another project. I've pulled those weeds 5 times now since beginning of June lol. When the weeds are pulled, it looks kind of worse because of huge gaps and broken cement boarders around slate.

    The concrete is or would be raised in concrete lines. Do I chip it all down? I'd make a patio with pallets over that but I have window wells and termites could become an issue.

    Thank you all for the advice!

  • Jim Cox Jim Cox on Jul 13, 2018

    What I'm going to do to my driveway....


    Kill the weeds

    Clean the cracks with a pressure washer

    Fill the cracks with dry concrete sand (see my firepit project)

    Wet the sand


    This should keep 98% of the weeds from coming back.

  • Beth Gold Roccia Beth Gold Roccia on Jul 15, 2018

    Cool! Thanks!