Patio flagstones (slabs), concrete flags, stone flags including yorkstone and imported flagstones.
Wideboy
Posts: 73 Joined: Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:52 am
Location: Melksham Wiltshire United Kingdom
Post: # 63814Post
Wideboy Sun May 22, 2011 4:07 pm
Will be laying 15Sq m of calibrated limestone stone shortly,is it worth adding SBR to the bedding layer mix or not?If so what proportions should it be mixed at?And what make is recommended or are they all much the same?
Cheers Ian
"Live long and prosper"
lutonlagerlout
Site Admin
Posts: 15184 Joined: Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:20 am
Location: bedfordshire
Post: # 63818Post
lutonlagerlout Sun May 22, 2011 6:03 pm
ronafix is the best but at a premium cost
i normally add about 100ml to every gauge it just seems to aid adhesion with natural stone
LLL
Wideboy
Posts: 73 Joined: Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:52 am
Location: Melksham Wiltshire United Kingdom
Post: # 63821Post
Wideboy Sun May 22, 2011 6:50 pm
Excuse me being thick luton but what's a gauge?I'm not familiar with all the terms you pro's use!
Ian
"Live long and prosper"
lutonlagerlout
Site Admin
Posts: 15184 Joined: Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:20 am
Location: bedfordshire
Post: # 63824Post
lutonlagerlout Sun May 22, 2011 6:56 pm
a gauge is a mixerfull of mortar
i.e 12 grit sand 12.5kg cement (half a bag) and a jollop of SBR
LLL
Wideboy
Posts: 73 Joined: Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:52 am
Location: Melksham Wiltshire United Kingdom
Post: # 63826Post
Wideboy Sun May 22, 2011 7:07 pm
Thanks luton I thought it was a mixer full but best to ask to be on the safe side!
Cheers Ian
"Live long and prosper"
Wideboy
Posts: 73 Joined: Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:52 am
Location: Melksham Wiltshire United Kingdom
Post: # 63828Post
Wideboy Sun May 22, 2011 7:16 pm
Just looked at the price of ronafix I don't wont a second mortgage is there a poor mans version!
"Live long and prosper"
Mikey_C
Posts: 952 Joined: Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:24 pm
Location: Bournemouth, Dorset
Post: # 63831Post
Mikey_C Sun May 22, 2011 8:41 pm
most diy/trade outlets (bandq, wickes, toolstation, tp, screwfix) sell sbr, cemetone, sika, feb etc make one, screwfix have got the sika one on special offer at the moment @approx £13, which beats most places by about £3