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26-04-2006, 11:22 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening

In article .com,
writes:
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| 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.