Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 10:42 am
Hi,
I about to lay a garden path, it's my first attempt at this sort of thing. My question is simply:
Is there a 'rule of thumb' or a simple test i can do to tell if my ground is 'soft' or not??
What makes me think the ground is likely to be soft is that there is a very old brick paved area further up the garden that hasn't got any sub-base at all (it's just bricks laid on top of the soil) and they've settled and are very uneven. It's not just that the individual bricks have all gone 'on the lean' but the whole area has become concave dipping down in the centre (where I assume it's had the most wear & tear) by as much as 4cm in height (the area is 2m wide) whilst areas that have pipes buried under them or have been concreted to surrounding structures appear not to have settled at all.
Thanks in advance,
Ken
I about to lay a garden path, it's my first attempt at this sort of thing. My question is simply:
Is there a 'rule of thumb' or a simple test i can do to tell if my ground is 'soft' or not??
What makes me think the ground is likely to be soft is that there is a very old brick paved area further up the garden that hasn't got any sub-base at all (it's just bricks laid on top of the soil) and they've settled and are very uneven. It's not just that the individual bricks have all gone 'on the lean' but the whole area has become concave dipping down in the centre (where I assume it's had the most wear & tear) by as much as 4cm in height (the area is 2m wide) whilst areas that have pipes buried under them or have been concreted to surrounding structures appear not to have settled at all.
Thanks in advance,
Ken