assalamualaikum/hi

I'm thinking of cementing a part of my lawn (about 15x10 feet) which currently is covered by carpet & wild grass. I have few options in my mind. By the way I'm thinking of DIY

1) Dig the grasses out, and just lay cements on the soil... my questions is what's the best way and mixture to do this?
2) Dig the grasses out, lay bricks (I don't know that to call those bricks.. they're the one which have curvy edges.. you can see on sidewalks etc.. btw anyone knows how much this brick's price apiece?) on the soil and just cement on the outer side of these "assembled bricks" to hold them together on the soild..

which one is better?

thanks in advance

just out of curiousity, why would u wan to cover up the soil?

it's great to absorb the heat of the land, i would never cover it up.

if not becoz of lack of space to park extra car i would leave the lawn alone..

there's a small pond at the place where I'd like to cover the soil; the real reason I'd like to cover the soil is because
1) my house is corner lot. can't find the time to maintain the whole land myself.. I mean in terms of keeping it clean and so-on
2) there's a freaking lot of caterpillars (the yellow-black one), especially at the soil around the pond. these caterpillars love it there because of the water.. so I wan't to cover it with cements/stones to kick these caterpillars out of my pond

so.. any advice on my previous question?

i am doing this currently. we took away 3 inches of soil and added concrete reenforced with steel rods to hold weight. otherwise esp. with a car parked there it will break. then add tiles on top. simple job but labour intensive. i would assume you can also just pour concrete if you dont want the tiles and then wash the concrete.

yeah it was pain in the @ss to clean up the weeds growing or the caterpillar

PJusa, thanks for the suggestion
Terence573, yup, those weeds and caterpillars are driving me nuts

i am planning to do this too. my lawn size is 5x50 on the right side, and 6x60 on the left side on porch. the worker (indonesian) quote me approx RM2000 to do t. this includes material. is it cheap? only cement, no tiles.

very expensive...

i thought so, i pending the plan, so currently searching for material cost first, and the will ask again about the labour cost exclude material. he quote me cement Rm18.50 perbag.... thinking of diy it all by myself...

or maybe for 1st phase of uncontrollable weed infestation management, i'm thinking of buying those big stepping stones (i don't know the name), and placing it on the lawn instead.

stones? pebble stones? or inter locking paver?

to cement ur lawn, u need to excavate 200mm then place concrete and steel bar on it.

u can calulate the cost, cement is not much, u need sand and aggregate.

anyone can suggest a budget for that size of area? if cement only or with tiles?

interlocking paver? that's one idea... some called it batu ikan hahaha