Slabs laid upside down :( - Advice needed

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I came home from work looking forward to seeing my new limestone patio only to find that it had been laid upside down

I have taken it back up and cleaned the slabs! They seam to be ok and not stained!

I laid the subbase which is a minimum of 3inches thick.

My question is can i let the base go off and then lay them with a new base on top? I think the moisture from the sand was used when mixing.







This is how it is now.

[local patios and driveway]

Well if you lay another screed on top you are getting a bit tight for the damp course. If it was my own job and most here would agree im sure... I would take it up and start again, put it down to experience and move on

I would also say that your dry bed needs a slurry to fix or use a wetter bed, did any of the slabs stick down or lift pretty easy?looks like they came up real easy

[eyebrows]

They all came up by hand with no real hardship.

I'm not sure what to do now to be honest. I'm very good at diy and prepaired everything ready, so thinking of doing it myself But!!! The whole point of getting someone in was to have a professional job.

Worst part is its my daughters 1st birthday on the 18th and we are having a party for her. That was my deadline which until today i thought it was all gonna be ready

[Kuts]

Who did you get to lay it?

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I can't say i'm sure there are loads of rules banning this.

They are a local father and son driveway and paving company.

[lutonlagerlout]

picture 2 looks like a saw mark?
that mix looks like one of our dear leaders 10:1 mixes
it has to come out mate
strange that they dont seem badly laid, but they laid them upside down
very odd
LLL

[London Stone Paving]

Strewth, words escape me sometimes. Hope you havent paid them any money.

How big is the area you need to relay? If you are good at DIY you may be able to get it done in time for your daughters birthday. Be hard work but not impossible. Alternatively let the Brew Cabin know what area you are in and maybe someobody will be able to reccomend a contractor in your area

Steve

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Unfortunatly they where left to it and paid mid morning when the misses left for work. To be honest i was holding back the sick when i got home from work it left me feeling so gutted.
I'm in gloucester. I work for Jewson's so thought i had found a decent person to lay them.

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25sq meters sorry missed that bit!

[local patios and driveway]

Any professional would never get this wrong. They look laid ok, if a little steep on the levels but to lay them upside down? Its amatuer of the highest degree. And if they lifted easily i would say theyve not bonded to anything, mine would be really hard to lift after 30 secs if laid on a wet bed, or if laid on a slurry would lift half the screed with the stone

[haggistini]

Get them back to break out and lift the screed and relay it tidy

[k13wjd]

i'm no expert, but i'd be taking that out and starting fresh. i laid mine(which looks very similar to yours/black limestone) on a bed of mortar and have been caught out with the weather. still waiting to point them

[haggistini]

They need kicking to death with gary glitters left flip flop!

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k13wjd i just had a look at your thread you did a good job

Thanks all for your advice. I will be cleaning up the mess myself and i'm thinking of attempting the job myself this weekend.
Providing i can get a babysitter that is as the misses is at work.

One thing i'm not sure about is! Building sand or sharp sand?

[mickg]

sharp sand