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Reusing paving sand

kelbal · 2023-04-16 09:55:12

Hiya. I'm pulling up old concrete patio slabs, to put down new limestone paving. The old job has a hard compacted base, and then a layer of sand, which the slabs were laid on. The new limestone slabs are being cemented on to the hard base. What I'm wondering is - as I lift the old slabs, can I reuse the sand they were laid…

16-04-2023 10:55AM

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kelbal

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Hiya. I'm pulling up old concrete patio slabs, to put down new limestone paving. The old job has a hard compacted base, and then a layer of sand, which the slabs were laid on. The new limestone slabs are being cemented on to the hard base. What I'm wondering is - as I lift the old slabs, can I reuse the sand they were laid on for the cement mix when it comes to laying the limestone. Would save me time/money & the effort of storing and disposing of the original sand. It seems pretty clean sand, but I'm just wondering if I'm missing something
thanks

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