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Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 10:47 pm
by doddwell
Hello. My contractor is installing Indian Stone slabs and I have a query re the sub-base. The sub-base consists of a layer of small stones with cement then MOT then a sand/cement mix. The bottom 2 layers have been down for about 6 weeks. The contractor says that because it has been down so long and we have had so much rain, the job does not need to be compacted. Is he correct? Thanks.
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:12 pm
by lutonlagerlout
NO!
it takes 20 minutes to wack a subbase
dont let him lay anything untill its wacked
LLL
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:15 pm
by jonnyboyentire
+1 what he said :rock:
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 7:00 am
by seanandruby
:p he's a cowboy, it needs wacking.
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 7:58 am
by jonnyboyentire
Yeehaa !
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 7:49 pm
by Dave_L
Did he arrive on a horse by any chance??
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 8:04 pm
by msh paving
that sums him up...........MSH 
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 8:23 pm
by rab1
honestly think you take that as a no then. yehah ???
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 10:30 pm
by local patios and driveway
show him this page, rain wont compact anything....
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:42 pm
by Andy Wirral
Probably too late now, but I'd want to pay him off for work done and say goodbye, thanks anyway!
If he thinks that rain is going to compact type 1 in a few weeks, what on earth kind of other gaffs will he do on the rest of the job?!?
He'll probably spot bed, give you pools where you don't want them and jointing will likely fail in a couple of months!
Push him off with a bargepole if you still can!