Firstly make sure your laborer thinks he will be digging them out by hand, with a spade and brute force LOL.
When it comes to taking out old hedge that has got out of hand. There are a few options, the first is with a spade and pure muscle and the sheer will, to see them gone. (The Hard Way) or second the (Easy Way) using a machine. In this case a small 1-ton mini digger and a small bucket with teeth to grip root system. You can also use a stump grinder to remove root systems.
A few year back this is how you laid a patio, on a dot and dab base. Todays method is much stronger as I explained in my last post How To Lay LimeStone Patio. Now why is this method the wrong way…? The reason is the dot & dab method its self. Yes it will work, but it will not last know where near as long as full mortar bed patios last. The water in winter will seep between the joints and under the stone itself.
Now we all know that when water freezes it swells and when under the stone, swollen ice is not a good thing. The swollen ice will weaken the bond between the slabs themselves and the mortar and the stone will move over time. It will look good for a while, but why chance it, for a few extra pounds you can put a full mortar bed down. Apart from that one point he has done a grande job of the rest.
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