Patio Construction

 


Hi, I'm a Newbie, live in Scotland and am redesigning our garden.  I'd
like to
build a patio outside the kitchen door but am unsure what base
mix goes under
the slabs and what the best filler is, to go in between
them.  Can anyone advise
me please?


--
Rambling Rose

 



All you could ever need to know about paving ........and more :
http://www.pavingexpert.com/index.htm

Jenny :~)

 


|> >
|> > Hi, I'm a Newbie, live in Scotland and am redesigning our garden.  I'd
|> > like to build a patio outside the kitchen door but am unsure what base
|> > mix goes under the slabs and what the best filler is, to go in between
|> > them.  Can anyone advise me please?
|> > Rambling Rose
|>
|> All you could ever need to know about paving ........and more :
|> http://www.pavingexpert.com/index.htm

You can take short-cuts if you know what you are doing (I did), but you
won't go wrong following that site.  The main short cut is that you can
reduce or eliminate the sub-base if you can GUARANTEE no motor traffic
and your soil is mostly sand or gravel - you still need to compact it,
of course.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

 


Nick Maclaren wrote:


My patio is slabs laid on sand laid on the earth underneath.  They've
moved a little bit in twenty odd years but otherwise are fine.  I've
got heavy clay soil where I am.

 


adder1969@yahoo.co.uk writes:
|>
|> > You can take short-cuts if you know what you are doing (I did), but you
|> > won't go wrong following that site.  The main short cut is that you can
|> > reduce or eliminate the sub-base if you can GUARANTEE no motor traffic
|> > and your soil is mostly sand or gravel - you still need to compact it,
|> > of course.
|>
|> My patio is slabs laid on sand laid on the earth underneath.  They've
|> moved a little bit in twenty odd years but otherwise are fine.  I've
|> got heavy clay soil where I am.

Mine haven't moved at all, but my soil is 60% sand and only 18% clay.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.