Q: I have a crack that runs all the way across my whole Saltillo tile patio. It’s been there for a long time, but now I’ve fixed some other things in the backyard and I’m ready to fix the crack. How do I do that? And could I pave over the tiles?
A: It’s going to be very difficult to simply fix that crack by itself because as soon as you repair it, you’ll develop another crack somewhere else on that patio. If it was just a crack in a concrete pad, you could fill it and cover the patio with concrete pavers. But in this case the Saltillo tiles are probably too thick to allow you to pave over them. You’re probably going to have to remove the tiles or skim off the top of the tiles, before you can use pavers.
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