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Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:05 pm
by fredp
All around my house I have a path that is 2x450mm slabs wide quite a lot of the outer ones have dropped on there outer edge I asume this has been caused by the surrounding ground settling can anyone suggest any easy way to relevel them.
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:24 pm
by DNgroundworks
Ye, take em up, excavate around 130mm of earth and add a subbase constructed out of dtp1 then relay on 30mm of cement bound mortar.
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:00 pm
by fredp
Ok so as a comlete novice what is dtp1 and cement bound mortar
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:05 pm
by rab1
take the time to read the main site as all you need to know (and more) is there. ???
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:07 pm
by fredp
i have taken the time to read the main site and i cannot see the answer i need so why cant people just try to help instead of posting smart alec responces
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:49 pm
by msh paving
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:15 pm
by fredp
thats a guide to laying slabs from scratch not an answer to correcting problems with ones that are already there
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:16 pm
by rab1
fredp
no offence but i`m being a smart alec now. open up windows, type in paving expert. low and behold you have a web site called paving expert.
now fredp what you want to do is.... type in for the index, you dont even have to type it as you can just click on it and low and behold all your answers are there if you take the time to look.
I was trying to help you, sorry.
the advice your looking for is lift the slabs an lay on a solid compacted base following the instructions in the link msh has been kind enough to add
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:22 pm
by fredp
i can open any window you like but tell anywhere in th e index whrere itdeals with relevling existing slabs
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:26 pm
by cookiewales
try a new way if they have only dropped a bit take up slab on outside take out 3 to 4 inches mix sharp sand and cement 5 to 1 semi dry screed out 5 mm higher than inside slab tap in slab with small rubber hammer only in the middle of slab dont stand on new laid slab after you have laid 3 or 4 wet with water make up some wet mix and haunch sides good look you can make a screed bar from wood to help you take a length of 3x2 x2foot 6 measure 18 halve inches then if your slab is 2 inch thick mark up one and three quarter inches cut along remaing length place on slab thats left on inside you pull along this gives you the perfect screed give me a call if you dont understand this is called a idiot stick in wales and i have used this method for thirty years and i am no idiot cheers cookie 07968582231 
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:31 pm
by fredp
thanks for the help on that cookiewales
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:06 am
by Tony McC
I see some things never change! :;):
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 3:36 pm
by seanandruby
How did i miss him? too late now but waiting for next time 
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:11 pm
by ratty
cookiewales wrote:this is called a idiot stick in wales
Certainly no idiot cookie but certainly dont resemble a stick either :p
