We have block paving that goes from the drive into a carport and through the garden to a garage. Outside either end of the carport is a drain, and inside the floor is raised slightly in the middle, and slopes to each end (about 30mm drop in total from the middle to each end). We want to level the carport floor to use as a gym, as we use the garage for storage/bar and we have parking on the drive outside the carport.
After some exploratory lifting of blocks, it looks like they sit on a layer of sand that's deeper in the middle of the carport, and the sand is on a solid concrete base.
Other that it being quite time consuming as I've never done any paving before, is there anything to stop me from lifting the blocks, levelling/removing some of the sand, and re-laying them, before putting the gym floor on top? Or is this something I should get someone who knows what they're doing to do?
Are you a tradesperson and able to answer this question?
If it is layed on a solid concrete base then then there will be no chance of it sinking in area's. You are correct in saying you can lift the high brick pavers and lower the sand level and replace them again. I would just be cautions of your falls as you could end up lower in the middle causing water to lay. I would suggest you lift the pavers from the hump to the drain line and relevel the sand with a fall towards the drain.
Answered6 April 2021
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Anonymous user
In short you’re better getting someone who knows what they are doing and make sure they pay attention to the drainage. You can remove some sand and relay the block but you would have to rescreed the sand to achieve a level surface. However it would appear that who ever installed it in the first instance were professionals and had taken drainage into account, the reason the block is slightly raised inside the carport is so that there is no water ingress thus keeping the carport “puddle free”. I would advise this is taken into account when rescreesing (getting your levels) it is done with water ingress in mind, keeping it slightly raised at the edges of the carport would keep water out. Again you should seek professional advice at the very least by way of someone seeing it.
I don’t think I quite understand properly
But I’m a assuming the area is free from rain and closed off to make this gym area!
Me personally I would take up the offending blocks and level it out, better for gym equipment I could possibly mix a bit of cement in with the sharp sand.
Put down a barrier to protect from rising damp to your new floor/flooring system,
It’s a bit rough but doable .
Ventilation of your using walls and doors.
Hope this help.
