Small Patio done with old slabs that were just laying around.
We had replaced this customers fence, so were asked if we could use these old stone slabs to lay patio, which would save a lot of money in materials needed. I had to think what size could be built and were would it go…?
In the end we settled for the top of the garden, with just enough to fill area between two sides of fence.
How we Laid Patio
First of all we dug out all the old rubble and material from the area were the patio was to be laid. After we moved all material, we then laid weed membrane to stop any further weeds coming through in future. Then we laid 120mm of hardcore to stabilise the ground and mixed up a batch of 4 sharp sand & 1 cement to lay slabs onto.
This really works well in setting the stone in. At the end on day 2 we came back and mixed a good strong mortar to fill between slabs, this really makes them solid and will last the test of time.
Project Goals
The goal here was easy in what we wanted to achieve, which was a nice seating area. A project which was created from material that other wise would have been put in skip and that being said i think it turned out cracking. This is why we picked this job to be in our projects feature and it was nice day to be working outside.
Customer Review
We had One Property Maintenance out to erect a new fence. So we also had them lay a lovely patio as the fence turned out brilliant. They saved us a lot of money by using the old stone slabs we had in our garden great another 5 star from us. Thank you
