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hobbit:
Or get some crushed stones or rubble type mix

Matt_H:

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Lay them direct on a full bed of mortar made up of a 50/50 mix of sharp sand and building sand - you don't want too strong a mix so 6/7 shovels of sand to 1 of cement will be fine

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so no concrete needed then?  Just mortat.

Buying a couple of tonnes sounds much easier, and no I dont want fancy slabs, maybe octagonal and not grey but apart from that any bargain bucket will do - its only going to be landy parking!

M

MTyrrell:
Block paving isn’t too scary. I helped lay a block paved patio some time ago as far as I can remember we did the following.

Dig out the area to be blocked to a depth of about 8”
Put down a layer of crush and run, about three inches thick and compact and level it with a plate vibrator.
Then put down a 2" layer of sharp sand on top of the crush and run then compact again. Once the site is level as possible lightly rake over the sand to loosen the top quarter inch or so.

 You can lay the blocks directly on to this sand, lay the blocks tapping gently with a rubber mallet to bed them in slightly, this helps to maintain a level.
 Once the blocks are down brush fine dried sand in to the joints and bed the blocks in with the plate vibrator, and then fill any remaining gaps with the fine dried sand.

 There may be a better way of doing it as I’m defiantly not a builder but the patio laid using this technique has lasted the last ten years with no problems.

 A plate vibrator and hand operated hydraulic block cutter can be hired quite cheaply from any hire shop.

 Hope this is of some help to you

v8kenny:
No concrete needed - just give it 3 or 4 days to dry properly before you drive on it - you can walk on it next day
Pity you are so far away - could have it cracked in a good Saturday shift :D

Matt_H:
thanks mr v8kenny,

I think we'll go with your plan, to summarise
2" depth of mortar mixed as you said (will be using electric mixer or similar)
[xx] m squared of slabs
dig to sum of above depth, plop in mortar, drop the slabs on top (does it need any drying time before slabbing?), point up next day and then wait a week or two :-).... Also as I'll be mixing with a small mixer, I'm guessing that lot will take all day, will it dry too quick for paving slabs or does that not matter?

also no hardcore or agregate needed (I assume the ground shold be firm and ideally rolled or stamped on)

Matthew

ps arrangements can be made foryou to stop over ;-)

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