Is there any way to level an existing stone path?

Question

The previous owners of our house put in a beautiful stone pathway leading up to the front door. The path consists of paver stones with concrete in the crevices. Unfortunately, either they didn't level it or it skewed over time, because now it's a hazard with stones sticking up at odd angles. Is there anything that we can do to level it back out without removing/redoing the whole thing?

Answer 1

unfortunately no there is no way.. i love stone paths so it will be well worth putting some time into it.. take out about a 5 foot section.. add some sand.. water the sand to pack it down.. then when adding the stone, hammer it down with a rubber mallet.. this will pack the stone into the already packed sand.. when you get the whole path done.. add some morter, this will help even more to keep the stone in place.. just sweep the morter between the stone, then water down.. you will have a beautiful path that is nice, flat and safe!!!...

Answer 2

You'll have to do it in sections because you will have to add or remove
the base material as required and reset the pavers. Actually, I can't
believe some one would go through the time, trouble and expense of
installing paver walkway and leave stones sticking up. Maybe the base is
settling. I think the real problem is tree roots growing under the pathway
and pushing the pavers up - I've seen it 100's of times. Do you have trees
nearby? If so, I don't think you can do much about that.

Answer 3

You could take each individual stone that is sticking up and remove it and place sand/gravel under it to bring it up and level it. You would probably not have put concrete in the crevices in the first place since it will always crack over winters and with time. You would have been better off just filling the crevices with heavy sand.