Diy block paving advise - Advise needed

[bodgeitandscarper]

[n0chex]

Thanks for the replies and yeah i never thought of pointing unless i used a dry mix and brushed it into the gaps.

Bodgeit.....thanks again for your time in the photo any chance you can do block paving on the right hand side in brindle or autum gold so i can see how that looks keeping the Dark grey border.

[bodgeitandscarper]

450 x 450 + Brindle

[GB_Groundworks]

the amount of time and effort thats been put into this thread could have laid a 100m2 patio haha

[n0chex]

Hey bodgeitandscarper thankyou again my dear friend for your time and patients throughout my thread and GB_Groundworks tell me about it my friend put a computer in front of me any day as this block laying lark is bloody hard work at times but i'm sure the end result will be worth it when i step back and look at what i have acheived just through a little research and hard work.

I was hoping to order my blocks and flags tomorrow and i quite like the look of the red ones with the grey border.

I have defo decided for the 450x450 flags for the patio area but any last input on the pathway will be more than welcome.

Again Thanks to all for the input so far.

[Bilabonic]

Excellent post, nice too see progress. How did you do those 3d plans ?

Is it google sketch ??

cheers

[bodgeitandscarper]

Its google sketchup.

I prefer autumn gold myself!

[lutonlagerlout]

jeez,bodgit you have metamorphosed into a really helpful poster

there is a god,
very impressed by your sketch up stuff,and i prefer autum gold to red/brindle any day
LLL

[n0chex]

Hi and it is late and i can not get my head around some figures here so i will ask how many 600x600 flags do i need and how many 600x300 glags do i need to complete the job.

I have included a block pave border going all round the outer edge with a 150mmx600mm flag and then a 200mm block paver.

The distance i have between wall to wall at the top end is 1730mm

150mm flag...> 100mm block paver....>300mm flag....> 600mm Flag....>300mm flag......100mm block paver then against the wall a 150mm flag total 1700mm leaving 30mm for the gaps between the flags for the pointing in.

Bedding layer
Flagstones can be bedded directly onto either:
A/ a coarse, grit sand bed, approximately 40mm thick
B/ a cement bound bed approximately 20-40mm thick

I plan on bedding the flags on A would this be sufficient.

PS:Sorry for the low quality pics via paint but at least you will get to see what i mean.

[n0chex]

No one got their maths head on tonight.

[Bob_A]

Cut em

Wow that is alot of cuts then and you must be accurate with all the cuts..........and i thought you could buy them like that.

I forgot to ask about how long does a diamond blade last in the saw i know there are good ones and cheap ones but on average will 1 blade last for my project 57 Sq m or will i need more.

n0chex, pretty much any 9" or 12" diamond blade will last the job.

I've got a 58sq/metre project to do.
I'm going to be using 25mm calibrated indian sandstone flags.
It's a pretty straight forward shape and with a bit of planing I reckon cutting can be kept to a minimum.
I've got a 7"(180mm) angle grinder, do you think I'll get away with this real cheapy blade made byTrust-X

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws....6144362

[ambient]

you usually get what you pay for with blades and indian stone is quite hard ???

[lutonlagerlout]

i beg to differ ambient
i use obas 300mm blades with water and they go through injun stone no bother at all
think we get 20 for £200
LLL

[Bob_A]

Seems 180mm blades are little more difficult to come by.
Anyone heard of Black Diamond blades?
Just wondering if this may be worth a punt
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws....0953390

[msh paving]

for that price i would buy 2, £20 for 2 blades delivered ,for a one off job i would not spend 60 quid on a top notch blade,you have nothing to lose "injun sandstone" is easy to cut anyway not very hard

for my 300mm sthill i always use quality blades,norton ZDH or similar,
MSH