Water Settling On Block Paving

[tali1]

My rear garden has a gentle slope. Rain water is settling on paving slabs near the gutter.
I got a mobile phone angle app the angle reading of 48/47 from one end of the garden to the other
So i guess i have to remove sand from paving blocks after the gutter?
Or do remove sand from the blocks where the water settles?- or before ?
Someone said not to create to much slope as the water will simply run to the end of the garden
Hope that makes sense!

[craft1948]

I have 2 'gutters' in my block paved drive, they are tied into the main drain.

[craft1948]

Sorry methyl the header says block paving............

[Hypognosis]

Just to set the picture, can you list the following items in order of elevation, highest to lowest?

1) House level
2) gutter level
3) end of garden nearest the house
4) far end of garden

At the moment I am getting the impression that the standing water has come down the slope of the garden and is failing to enter the gutter because it is having to go slightly up-slope to do so. Some kind of slump/subsidence has occurred deeper down* so taking sand out from under the slabs can only make the puddling worse.

* paving over a large area might be stopping the rain soaking into the soil and underlying clay could be drying out and shrinking.

[The Builder]

Got to agree with Hyper there.
Most likely settlement resulting in low spots... hence, ponding.

Run a straight edge over the area, identify the low area, then take out the paviors and re-bed them back to level.

[Clanad]

... and if there is a low area, determine if the pacers were bedded in sand. That method of laying paver blocks is common here in the U.S. and it makes it exceptionally easy to repair by just removing the offending blocks, adding sand, tamping firm and replacing blocks. The replaced blocks should be swept with fine sand to fill the joints after being replaced...