The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:47 am**

I've laid a patio as such:-

Tamped existing hogging / made ground
50mm blinding of ballast:sharp:cement
100-150mm scalpings (Type1)
4:1 damp screed bed

A few cuts to do around te edge of building

I now have to leave it for just over a week as I'm going away - it will be unpointed until I return.

Do you see any problem with the above??
I was thinking of covering it with a membrane but I've been told the rain will actually help????

Also, when I return I was thinking of applying a Lithothin MS sealer / colour intensifier before doing the pointing (which will be a 3:1 wet mortar) --- anyone any opinion on if that's right or how it would look???

Any advice grateully recieved.

Posted: **Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:06 pm**

No problems with anything you have done or propose to do.

Posted: **Thu Oct 01, 2009 10:54 pm**

when you say damp screed bed,i take it you mean the type of sand used rather than a screeded method?
screeding only works with some uniform slabs
it doesn't work well with natural stone,
if you meant the mortar you are using then ,yeah its fine

LLL

Posted: **Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:31 pm**

LLL --- what I did was

Tamped the ground
Laid a 3:1 Ballast:Dust blinding layer
100-150mm type 1 and tamped that.
Then nominal 50mm 4:1 Sharp Sand:Dust bed.

Finished this Sunday evening and just had a wander over it and all solid.

Will be pointing it up next Friday on return from holiday.

Posted: **Fri Oct 02, 2009 8:37 pm**

Hi,
I would be intrested to see the results if you do decide to seal it. Ihave been considering using the same stuff myself.
Best of luck and have a nice holiday.
Chris

Posted: **Sat Oct 03, 2009 12:50 am**

lithofin mn stain stop FTW
I used it on my own patio
LLL

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