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24-03-2004, 05:39 PM
Jaques d'Alltrades
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New Patio on Old Concrete
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"PK" writes:
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| Yes and no! Sand alone will not make a secure long term base - it
will wash
| out and ants will move it.
Er, no. See Cormaic's pages. When done right, it will last for
decades and often centuries. For millennia, you need a better
construction.
The ground floors of my late uncle's house were pamments laid on sand,
as were the floors in my parents' place.
I don't know when the pamments were laid, but the houses dated
(respectively) from about 1000 AD and 1500 AD
Personally, I'd use sand.
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