"James Jones" wrote in message
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I have some "stepping stones" set in to my lawn: 9x18 cms and also a
couple of paving slabs : 60x75 cms which have sunk.
Is it better to relay them on "blobs" of cement rather than just
trying to get a sand base nice and level. I am think if large blobs
of cement are used it will be easier to get them level by tapping them
down with a rubber mallet. (The paving slabs take no vehicles)

I will probably be at odds with everyone else but for any paths across grass
I just use soil to level and lay, reason being it's easy to change your mind
and move things, yes I sometimes have to re level a slab now and again but
as the worms seem to raise soil levels anyway, its useful to be able to do
it quickly and cheaply without making a mess.


--
Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk

On 29/04/2014 08:56, Charlie Pridham wrote:

"James Jones" wrote in message
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I have some "stepping stones" set in to my lawn: 9x18 cms and also a
couple of paving slabs : 60x75 cms which have sunk.
Is it better to relay them on "blobs" of cement rather than just
trying to get a sand base nice and level. I am think if large blobs
of cement are used it will be easier to get them level by tapping them
down with a rubber mallet. (The paving slabs take no vehicles)

I will probably be at odds with everyone else but for any paths across
grass I just use soil to level and lay, reason being it's easy to change
your mind and move things, yes I sometimes have to re level a slab now
and again but as the worms seem to raise soil levels anyway, its useful
to be able to do it quickly and cheaply without making a mess.

The OP doesn't say when they were laid.

Personally I would use a lean mix of about 2" under the slab to raise
it. Easier and more reliable than soils that are compressible.

Anything more for stepping stones is OTT.

On 29/04/2014 08:56, Charlie Pridham wrote:

"James Jones" wrote in message
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I have some "stepping stones" set in to my lawn: 9x18 cms and also a
couple of paving slabs : 60x75 cms which have sunk.
Is it better to relay them on "blobs" of cement rather than just
trying to get a sand base nice and level. I am think if large blobs
of cement are used it will be easier to get them level by tapping them
down with a rubber mallet. (The paving slabs take no vehicles)

I will probably be at odds with everyone else but for any paths across
grass I just use soil to level and lay, reason being it's easy to change
your mind and move things, yes I sometimes have to re level a slab now
and again but as the worms seem to raise soil levels anyway, its useful
to be able to do it quickly and cheaply without making a mess.


Glad you agree Charlie, I said that when the item was first posted,
anything more is just making unnecessary work, and inuring cost.
David