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Slabs and paving

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  • 01-06-2019 12:49pm
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    kennydub2019
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭


    Hi guys i am looking to renovate my garden,
    would there be any recommendations of places to pick up slabs at good price.
    Also there will be some additional work with gravel and hardcore. would
    love some ideas for best places to buy at a reasonable cost

    Thanks


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    Samuel T. Cogley
    Registered Users Posts: 10,684 ✭✭✭✭Samuel T. Cogley


    Avoid tilemerchant.ie - got stung by these cowboys.


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    Dr_Colossus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,122 ✭✭✭Dr_Colossus


    Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »
    Avoid tilemerchant.ie - got stung by these cowboys.

    What happened? I bought tiles of them a number of months ago after having viewed a lot of different places. Found them good enough to deal with. No idea what they're like to deal with regarding paving.


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    Samuel T. Cogley
    Registered Users Posts: 10,684 ✭✭✭✭Samuel T. Cogley


    Dr_Colossus wrote: »
    What happened? I bought tiles of them a number of months ago after having viewed a lot of different places. Found them good enough to deal with. No idea what they're like to deal with regarding paving.


    The stuff we got was all different thicknesses despite them saying it was calibrated. They were also a pain in the arse to deal with not having the patio packs in stock etc.


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    recedite
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    Kilsaran are very good for concrete products, and Irish made. There's a showroom in Co Meath but a lot of the slabs you see in DIY stores come indirectly from them anyway.


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    Tabby McTat
    Registered Users Posts: 255 ✭✭Tabby McTat


    Would recomended the Natural Stone Yard on the Dublin side of Ashbourne. Good selection and have it all on display in show-patios.


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    Hal3000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 818 ✭✭✭Hal3000


    Slabs are a pain in the as*... They do be up and down like a jockeys and unless you bed them down solidly they come lose too easily. Paving sometimes is easier. Dig down to the solid ground. Lash in hardcore, whack it with a whacker plate, add paving sand, screed, find a level for water run off and then pave the pattern. Do the cuts with a block cutter and then wack again once finished. Brush joint filling sand and point any gaps with cement.


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