Hello,

I just had a patio put on my house in stamped concrete. A few spots
were messed up where it appears as though the stamp slipped and made a
1 inch gap between the stones. Looks terrible. The contractor tried to
patch it with some kind of synthetic concrete repair. Its not the same
color obviously but he tells me it will last as long and he will get
the color to be perfect. will this not wear differently and discolor at
a different rate. Not to mention, eventually the top layer with color
will wear off and be completely different? Im a wrong or is the
acceptable. Personally i think the whole thing needs to come out. Any
advice will be greatly appreciated.

wrote:
Hello,

I just had a patio put on my house in stamped concrete. A few spots
were messed up where it appears as though the stamp slipped and made a
1 inch gap between the stones. Looks terrible. The contractor tried to
patch it with some kind of synthetic concrete repair. Its not the same
color obviously but he tells me it will last as long and he will get
the color to be perfect. will this not wear differently and discolor at
a different rate. Not to mention, eventually the top layer with color
will wear off and be completely different? Im a wrong or is the
acceptable. Personally i think the whole thing needs to come out. Any
advice will be greatly appreciated.


IMO, the only way you're going to fix this so that it looks good and
lasts is to demo the complete section that is screwed up and pour a new
one. Hopefully with control joints, that section won't be too large.
Hopefully you haven't paid him in full yet. I'd start taking pictures
and documenting everything.

Thanks, Thats what I thought. I have since found a few other
screw-ups(not nearly as bad but still not correct) and its coming out.
(the whole 10 yards). Fortunately I did not pay for it yet. Going to
get someone else to put it in this time. Thanks for the advise.
wrote:
wrote:
Hello,

I just had a patio put on my house in stamped concrete. A few spots
were messed up where it appears as though the stamp slipped and made a
1 inch gap between the stones. Looks terrible. The contractor tried to
patch it with some kind of synthetic concrete repair. Its not the same
color obviously but he tells me it will last as long and he will get
the color to be perfect. will this not wear differently and discolor at
a different rate. Not to mention, eventually the top layer with color
will wear off and be completely different? Im a wrong or is the
acceptable. Personally i think the whole thing needs to come out. Any
advice will be greatly appreciated.


IMO, the only way you're going to fix this so that it looks good and
lasts is to demo the complete section that is screwed up and pour a new
one. Hopefully with control joints, that section won't be too large.
Hopefully you haven't paid him in full yet. I'd start taking pictures
and documenting everything.