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Raised Patio

  • 04-07-2018 08:42PM
    #1
    maxamillius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,141 ✭✭✭


    Hi Guys,

    My garden level is roughly a foot and a half lower than the back door to the house. At the moment we walk out on to timber decking and then down steps to the grassy part.

    What id like to do is replace the deck with a stone patio area. My thinking is to build a retaining wall roughly 3ft then fill the area with roughly foot and a half of hardcore to bring up to patio door level, then whack down and lay paver slabs.

    Is this the right way to go about it?

    Any advice greatly appreciated,

    Cheers


Comments

  • #2
    HoboJoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭HoboJoe


    That may be a lot more hardcore than you think (think in terms of tons). Paving slabs should be laid on a bed of mortar also (sand and cement). If you go ahead I would make sure that you don't have any old clay pipework underneath than may come loose at the joints under the weight if it wasn't origially bedded properly. It's also worth installing a drain channel while you are at it.
    I'm certainly no expert but I hired guys to build me a raised patio last week and the mistakes that they made are evident to anyone in hindsight.


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