Add Brick Pavers Over a Concrete Walkway

Maddiy.martini
by Maddiy.martini
5 Materials
$1000
10 Hours
Medium

I wanted to add some curb appeal to our front steps, so I added some brick pavers over my existing concrete pathway...yes, that's right...OVER the existing sidewalk.

Here is what our walkway looked like before...boring beat up concrete.

First, I roughly laid out the brick pattern I would use.

Then I mixed grout up in a bucket. Make sure to use exterior grade grout.

Then I started to lay the grout with a thinly notched trowel. Then I put a small amount of grout on each brick and spacers in between them. I pressed them all into place.

When I needed to cut bricks, I used a wet tile saw to do so.

Once the grout and bricks were fixed into place, I used a float and added grout to the top of the bricks. To avoid grout haze, you could use an icing-like bag and just apply grout in the cracks.

Here is the walkway partially finished! Next I used steel wool to remove as much of the grout haze as possible.

Beautiful photo of the after!

I say worth it!

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  • Ede Ede on Dec 31, 2022

    I would like to do this or something like this but shoveling snow on uneven paver sidewalks in Michigan winters is not in the cards. Does Anyone have a suggestion of what could be an alternative for raising sidewalks ?

  • Judy Jarvos Judy Jarvos on May 13, 2023

    Are you using grout or mortar to set the bricks??

  • Lor80232091 Lor80232091 on May 13, 2023

    I love this idea but how did you level it with the ground? I don't want to create a trilling hazard.

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  • Donna Bates Donna Bates on May 13, 2023

    I love it! It looks so pretty and much more appealing. You just gave me an idea, so thanks for sharing

  • Kj peterson Kj peterson on May 20, 2023

    Looks awesome!

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