Help on a new build

[geomot]

Sorry about being stupid but I could do with some advice.

I am just completing a rebuild of a house and due to a few cost over runs I need to install a patio and path but watch the pennies more than I intended to.

I need to fit a patio approx 8m x 7m and a path of approx 9m x 1m.

They have to support just foot traffic.

Could anyone advise me on what would be a cost effective installation?

I live on the Wirral, the house is on a sandstone hill with some of the natural stone actually coming up through parts of the garden and seems to drain very well

The builders have laid a hardcore base of crusher-run?? and levelled it with a wacker plate

My builders great but he's a builder rather than a paving expert.

Sorry for being dim but I'm an electrical engineer turned physics teacher and unless its got volts or amps I'm lost.

[GB_Groundworks]

you pay for what you get see the main website its very detailed

plain concrete flags are cheaper than yorkstone etc, but they are plain concrete!

but if you've got a nice house are you really going to want to throw down the cheapest possible paving?

http://www.pavingexpert.com/york01.htm#mark

http://www.pavingexpert.com/blocks.htm

[lutonlagerlout]

council slabs would probably be your cheapest option
I have seen these at some quite expensive houses,when a few pots etc are dobbed around on them they look ok
LLL

[seanandruby]

ditto that lll.

[geomot]

Thanks guys, its useful getting other peoples (knowledgeable) suggestions.

I was looking at some sandstone flags from a firm in Ellesmere Port on your suggested suppliers list.

I've read a lot of the advice on your website and have got a reasonable idea now of what I would like to do.

I know its a vague question but what sort of figure would I be looking at for laying either council flags or sandstone flags.

Access is pretty good - I've got a 50 metre plus private drive and a 6 car space next to the bit I want paving.

[geomot]

Forget that - I can use the spreadsheet on the site!!