Basic as basic gets - Laying patio for first time - affordable

[Carberry]

If you want some multi coloured crazy paving you can have it FOC. Got a skip full of the stuff. Only problem is that your patio would look like Vera Duckworths house

I had to google vera duckworth's house.
If I was nearer London I may have taken you up on that offer. I'm planning on laying all the odd bits and pieces left over from jobs in my yard (if I ever find the time). Wouldn't look too far out of place considering my office is bright yellow and I picked up some astro turf that I was thinking of using as carpet :laugh:

[London Stone Paving]

That 20m2 of fossil mint you need is about a crate and a quarter. Just say the word and I will fill the rest of the crate up with the stuff. Will be mixed colour though

[rab1]

Well done Steve, thats a nice gesture mate.

[London Stone Paving]

I hate to see the stuff go to waste Rab. We get rid of 2 skips full of off cuts and broken stone a week. I reckon at least half of its usable. Would keep it but there is no room to store it anywhere

[Mikey_C]

you want to hook up with crusher dan, get the stuff crushed up and supply to your local customers who collect from you or you deliver to using a crane off delivery. for this business idea I will only charge 10% of the profits made.

[pippasmum]

@London Stone Paving

Thank you very much for the offer, more than kind, I think I will reduce the area to be paved, I found a place which is doing some very inexpensive slabs

If I am laying the patio against the house and have screeded the area, how do i lay the patio near the house without messing up the screed?

I know how to work out the fall, but how do i mark it out with my pegs?

thanks for your help again

[seanandruby]

try here

and here

[pippasmum]

ok, my example is it right

so i have my line height at point A, ( the first peg the at the house below 150 dpc)
point B is 3meters away from the house

if point A is 135mm high then point B needs to be 132.75mm to ensure a fall of 1:60

[local patios and driveway]

nope. the difference should be 60mm not 2.25mm

[pippasmum]

ok, have done quite a bit, laid down hardcore, bedding and slabs but have not yet done the pointing since its been raining I have covered the are area with tarpaulin, but wondering how the rain is going to affect it as it not going to let up for the next few days it seems

[London Stone Paving]

There is not much you cann really do about the rain. Your doing the right thing by keeping it covered up. In between rain it might be worth pulling the sheet off and removing any excess water with a brush

Steve

[pippasmum]

thanks LSP, guess its a bit of a waiting game now

[pippasmum]

so I am hoping to finish today it seems the rain has finally stopped!! I need to lay the edging and finish laying flags by the house which need cutting to fit, but want to know the best way to approach this

[London Stone Paving]

What is the material you need to cut?

What are the edging stones made from?

[pippasmum]

the flagstone stones, concrete