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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:30 pm
by zzr-matt
Pegs and levels and long bits of wood. I think worse case there were some indents of about 7mm deep with the long piece of wood over the area. I hope the bedding layer will take that out with no problem:) Any idea what weight the flags come out at per m2?
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:16 am
by London Stone Paving
the weight is approx 60 kg per m2
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:38 am
by Bilabonic
zzr-matt wrote:Pegs and levels and long bits of wood. I think worse case there were some indents of about 7mm deep with the long piece of wood over the area. I hope the bedding layer will take that out with no problem:) Any idea what weight the flags come out at per m2?
Any pics mate ?
Cheers
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 6:43 pm
by local patios and driveway
I would use sharp rather than ballast
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:19 pm
by haggistini
LLL right You need "concrete" for your edging stone dust minimum aggregate for any lasting strenth
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:07 pm
by zzr-matt
lutonlagerlout wrote:rather than use engineering bricks why not use clay pavers
some gorgeous clays available
Blenheim blues and Buckingham brindles are my 2 favourites
just lay on 150mm of lean mix and haunch
the colour stays for good as they are fired not dyed
LLL
Ive finally got the slabs laid and ive now come to do the edging. The engineering bricks do look a bit skinny though so i think ill go with the clays or slate that you chaps recommend.
Any idea where i can get them from in the hampshire/berkshire area rather than ordering unseen?
Cheers
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:56 pm
by lutonlagerlout
samples and they should be able to point you at stockists
they arent cheap but they look the dogs
LLL
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:07 pm
by zzr-matt
Cheers lll. Ill give um a bell, i had a quick tour of jewson, buildbase, meakins, travis perkins and keyline at lunch and turned up nowt in stock. Any idea where the slate pavers shown in one of the earlier pictures come from?
I have laid a couple of areas of the sandstone, one with a semi dry mix and one with a wet. There are a lot of hollow sounding flags in the semi dry area, they do have a full bed and sounded fine until it all went off. i found the wet mix so much easier to work with. Do i need to whip the hollow ones up and cement slurry the backs or will they be ok?
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 8:25 pm
by lutonlagerlout
dont know mate,havent got a crystal ball
the 50m i did yesterday and today was all wet bedded and looks solid
I allowed 70mm from subbase to top and that worked fine approx 45 mm of wetter gear
the last bit the lads were short on the subbase and 75mm of mix became a pain to work with
LLL
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 6:43 am
by cookiewales
Oh you do like em wet :p Lll lol 
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:35 pm
by zzr-matt
I picked up a few blues today to see what they look like, I have just laid them roughly in place and grabbed a pic. Reckon it looks ok?
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:53 pm
by London Stone Paving
Its a good contrast
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:20 pm
by rab1
As Steve said, they do look good together.
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:42 pm
by cookiewales
they will work well together
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:50 pm
by London Stone Paving
You've got three yeses, your through to the next round :laugh: