Hi
Just started laying 450 *450 flags on a bedding with a 10:1 mix.
How long before it sets? It still looked alittle crumbly this morning.
Also when is it safe to walk on?
Thanks in advance!.........Caff
Bedding setting time.
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Nigel Walker
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I lay my flags on a 7-1 dry mix.
I tell the client to keep off the flags for 2 days.
In emergencies, i tell them to walk on the centres to avoid rocking the flags.
I find that after 24 hrs the flags are ok to walk on, but err on the side of caution with the client.
Quite often this advice is ignored and I return to site the next day to find 4 or 5 flags with movement - the client swears he has not been on the flags, but evidence tells me otherwise - footprints, rearranged garden furniture, dirty flags, neighbours telling tales !!! . So I have to lift and re-bed the offending flags with no extra cost, as the client is always right - until they have paid !!!
I have become used to always walking on the centre of flags after laying them. So much that even when walking on a patio that has been laid for years, I always seem to walk in the middle of the flags - which some people find funny !!
It doesnt take much for a flag to rock slightly, and then it will set in that position and always move.
Nigel Walker
I tell the client to keep off the flags for 2 days.
In emergencies, i tell them to walk on the centres to avoid rocking the flags.
I find that after 24 hrs the flags are ok to walk on, but err on the side of caution with the client.
Quite often this advice is ignored and I return to site the next day to find 4 or 5 flags with movement - the client swears he has not been on the flags, but evidence tells me otherwise - footprints, rearranged garden furniture, dirty flags, neighbours telling tales !!! . So I have to lift and re-bed the offending flags with no extra cost, as the client is always right - until they have paid !!!
I have become used to always walking on the centre of flags after laying them. So much that even when walking on a patio that has been laid for years, I always seem to walk in the middle of the flags - which some people find funny !!
It doesnt take much for a flag to rock slightly, and then it will set in that position and always move.
Nigel Walker
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Nigel forgets to mention he has shares in Blue Circle! 
As you mentioned your sub-conscious habit of only treading on the centre of flags, Nigel - before I was disabled, my stride was exactly 1 metre. My dads's was/is exactly 1 yard, as he served his time before metric became the norm!
As you mentioned your sub-conscious habit of only treading on the centre of flags, Nigel - before I was disabled, my stride was exactly 1 metre. My dads's was/is exactly 1 yard, as he served his time before metric became the norm!
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