Compacting not required - Contractor says compacting not required

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doddwell
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Post: # 53677Post doddwell

Hello. My contractor is installing Indian Stone slabs and I have a query re the sub-base. The sub-base consists of a layer of small stones with cement then MOT then a sand/cement mix. The bottom 2 layers have been down for about 6 weeks. The contractor says that because it has been down so long and we have had so much rain, the job does not need to be compacted. Is he correct? Thanks.
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Post: # 53679Post lutonlagerlout

NO!
it takes 20 minutes to wack a subbase
dont let him lay anything untill its wacked
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jonnyboyentire
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Post: # 53680Post jonnyboyentire

+1 what he said :rock:
full bed only - spot and dabs are the scourge!!
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Post: # 53685Post seanandruby

:p he's a cowboy, it needs wacking.
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jonnyboyentire
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Post: # 53686Post jonnyboyentire

Yeehaa !
full bed only - spot and dabs are the scourge!!
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Did he arrive on a horse by any chance??
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that sums him up...........MSH :D :D
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rab1
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Post: # 53712Post rab1

honestly think you take that as a no then. yehah ???
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local patios and driveway
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Post: # 53728Post local patios and driveway

show him this page, rain wont compact anything....
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Andy Wirral
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Post: # 54261Post Andy Wirral

Probably too late now, but I'd want to pay him off for work done and say goodbye, thanks anyway!
If he thinks that rain is going to compact type 1 in a few weeks, what on earth kind of other gaffs will he do on the rest of the job?!?

He'll probably spot bed, give you pools where you don't want them and jointing will likely fail in a couple of months!

Push him off with a bargepole if you still can!
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