Whats best way to lay patio slabs

k123456 · 06-05-2009 7:35pm #1

Whats best way to lay patio slabs they are the manmade type approx 400 x 400 , will be laying them into a lawn, as a path to a shed

VL · 06-05-2009 9:47pm

best way is to dig out soil to soild ground and then replace with some stone and leave room for at least 50mm of sand and cement mix as this way will stop any sinking of slabs .hopes this helps

Sonnenblumen · 07-05-2009 12:13am

Well for starters make sure you lay them right side up. A suitable base (2"/50mm) might be a semi-dry weak mix of paving grit and cement (6:1) and tap slabs into position.

k123456 · 13-05-2009 5:05pm

Sonnenblumen wrote: »

Well for starters make sure you lay them right side up. A suitable base (2"/50mm) might be a semi-dry weak mix of paving grit and cement (6:1) and tap slabs into position.

When you say semi dry - how dry, would a dry mix be a good idea or is semi dry better

Thanks

Sonnenblumen · 13-05-2009 5:50pm

IMO it would be a bad idea to try and lay sandstone on a dry mix, it doesn't work slab will eventually become loose.

Better to lay slab on a semi-dry mix, and wet underside of slab before laying in position.

Whats best way to lay patio slabs

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