house when we ask lou. >> "today" contributor and host of the syndicated show "house smarts," lou manfredini questions that you submitted. >> how are you, lou? >> i'm well. >> this question comes from jerry cox. he says this. we're considering the following choices for redoing our concrete pool deck, which has some thin cracks in it. paint the pool deck with acrylic paint, pavers on sand on top of the present deck, whatever that means, layer of thin concrete and paint it. >> okay. >> what should -- >> are you with me? >> yes. >> what should jerry do? >> i am, lou. not so much hoda. >> these are pavers, cambridge pavers right here, and these are segmental pavers that could go right over the top of what they have. you'd set it in sand. there's a bag of sand down below. and now you would create this very new surface that would look beautiful. what i love about segmental paving is something cracks or moves, you can pick it up reset it and put it back down. it's great. this is a product called deck right, which is an exterior vinyl floor. you can use it on balconies, you can use it over decks, yo

house when we ask lou. >> "today" contributor and host of the syndicated show "house smarts," lou manfrediniavers on sand on top of the present deck, whatever that means, layer of thin concrete and paint it. >> okay. >> what should -- >> are you with me? >> what should jerry do? >> i'm with you. >> these are pavers, cambridge pavers, these are segmental pavers that go over top of what they have. you set it in sand, a bag of sand down below and now you create this very new surface that will look beautiful. what i love about the segmental paving is something cracks or moves, pick it up, reset it, put it back down. it is great. this is a product called deck right, an exterior vinyl floor. you can use it on balconies, you can use it over decks, you can use it over concrete. and it is beautiful. >> what is the life span of it? >> it is a good ten years. and it depends where you live. or on concrete surfaces this product called restore, i have behind here, this is a mock-up of what your concrete looks like with the crack. this is a very textured two coat surface called restore 10x, goes over concr