Hello,

I’m seeking some advice on making good the pathway at the front of my house. Its currently a 50-100mm slab of concrete which has some cracks and a drain in. The water currently runs towards and pools in front of the door.

I would like to repair the footpath and add a slight ramping in front of the door to direct the water to run away from the house. The entire path is about 2.6 x 1.3m. I imagine some areas would need 40mm while others less than 10mm.

I’d rather not break out the entire slab and add a resin based concrete product on top. Does anyone have any experience or advice with doing this? I have been looking at Cretex® EP Mortar (https://polycote.com/contact/) as a possible option to use.

Thanks,
Tom

Breaking up the existing concrete although tedious isn't such a big job on a relatively small area and it would give you the opportunity to really make a good job of the path fall. Maybe altering and resetting the drain cover could be more of a chore and be messy.
Tiling the path with non slip external ceramic and adjusting the fall at the same time could maybe work but the drain cover will still be a problem although you could cover it altogether with a walkover, galvanised, removable grid whilst still maintaining future drain access.