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New Patio on Old Concrete
"Tom Redpath" wrote in message s.com... Good Afternoon, I have not posted here before but as a novice gardener atemmpting my first big project I would really appreciate some advice. I have just moved into a property with an old, cracked and slightly unevenr concrete patio. I want to relay this with flags but am unsure whether I would need to rip up the old patio, screed it level or simply put down a good layer of sand to level it off before laying slabs... Anyone have any hints and tips? -- Tom Redpath Tom. I am not a gardener on the plant and seed side. Her out of doors is that. 'My' gardening is making paths, putting fences up etc etc etc. We had a dreadful uneven and cracked concrete area outside out new patio doors. Got a man to come and give us an estimate to make a nice new slabbed area. He came, looked at it and said 'I will have to bring my mate round to help me quote. Be back on Tuesday' I don't know why, but I assumed it would be the next Tuesday. Silly me. That was last year and he didn't come, maybe he means the corresponding Tuesday this year;-} Tom I measured up how many slabs I wanted, had them delivered with some bags of sand, started in one corner, making up with sand here, and bashing away the concrete there. Concentrated on one slab at a time. Level this way, slight fall that way. The most slabs I laid in a day was 4. Got it done in about 2 months, bit at a time, including making five brick steps to take into account of the rise of the land. Main patio area outside patio door, 8 2'x2' wide and 4 2'x2' deep. 2 steps each of 2 2'x2' slabs wide, slab path of 5 2'x2' and another path of 8 2'x2' 51 slabs If I can do it with a bad back and arthritis in both knees, anyone can do it. (If you are on the Isle of Wight you can come and see it;-} Mike |
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