Continue in the rain? - Laying flags in the rain. . .

Patio flagstones (slabs), concrete flags, stone flags including yorkstone and imported flagstones.
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stumac49
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Post: # 76911Post stumac49

Good afternoon.

I'm halfway through laying flags to create a path to my shed after digging out and breaking up the old 'crazy paving'.

Anyway, questions for today are: can I continue to mix up mortar and lay the flags whilst it's raining?

And do I need to cover the path overnight to stop rain getting on it?

I suppose what I'm asking is, does the rainwater weaken the mortar to the extent that the paving will fail?

Sorry if these are stupid questions - just worried about spending hours in the rain working then watching the whole thing collapse a few days later!

Thanks for any replies :)
Stu.

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Post: # 76912Post lutonlagerlout

drizzle or the odd shower is ok, but torrential rain will wash the cement and if there is enough of it the mortar from your mix
judgement call mate
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stumac49
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Post: # 76913Post stumac49

Thanks for the swift response.

:) Stu.

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Post: # 77698Post justinh

I've just bought a draper gazebo from Amazon as a week long job took three to complete because of the rain we've been getting.

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Post: # 77702Post Carberry

You can buy a 15m2 tarpaulin from screwfix for about £15 if the rain really worries you.

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Post: # 77704Post haggistini

Can't wait for the weather or we would all be skint!
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Post: # 77706Post msh paving

haggistini wrote:Can't wait for the weather or we would all be skint!
If we was designed to work in rain, we would all have a sprinkler tied over our heads keeping us wet 24hr
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Post: # 77707Post haggistini

Skin is waterproof... we don't rust .....get um in.. No lay no pay and all that!
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Post: # 77711Post lutonlagerlout

head down, arse up, you aint made of salt
etc etc
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I cant wait for the drought to end so we can have some sunny weather again!! wettest April since god knows when.:(
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yer i know and its may now...

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Wettest drought ever!
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