Weather and MOT

[markyyyyyy]

I’ve got 3 tonne bags of MOT type - arriving this Thursday and I won’t be able to put it down until Friday afternoon / Saturday morning.

The forecast was originally dry this weekend but now it’s changed to 40-50% chance of rain all day saturday

Because I’m compacting with a Wacker plate, am I going to have to give it a miss this weekend or should I gamble on it?

Bloody weather

 

[blup]

Have you dug out the base? The ground is saturated all over the country so really heavy rain on top of that might make the decision for you.

 

[markyyyyyy]

Yes it’s all dug out ready to go

Maybe I’ll cancel the delivery of MOT to stop me doing it

 

[23vc]

If the ground is wet, you can have a nightmare trying to compact the MOT

 

[^woody^]

I think MOT is water proof

 

[noseall]

Yes it’s all dug out ready to go

Maybe I’ll cancel the delivery of MOT to stop me doing it

Get it down!

 

[23vc]

That’s good then. Only reason I thought otherwise was I remember pilsbury (ages ago on this forum) having a nightmare with waterlogged sub soil and trying to compact the MOT on top and it going all squishy.

 

[markyyyyyy]

Get it down!

But can I wack it if it’s raining? Will it mush up?

 

[noseall]

But can I wack it if it’s raining? Will it mush up?

Not necessarily, no. Plus it will dry like bell iron.

 

[markyyyyyy]

MOT laid and compacted with Wacker plate

I assume it’s okay to make up any discrepancies when I lay the slabs on mortar?

is it ok to get wet now it’s compacted, I won’t start laying slabs until next weekend and I’m sure it’ll rain before then

Cheers

 

[willis555]

Making up the level is fine, always have to do it myself (to a point) just get the mix right use some sharp sand with the soft and it'll be fine.

Looks a neat job to me, don't worry about rain it'll be fine

 

[markyyyyyy]

Making up the level is fine, always have to do it myself (to a point) just get the mix right use some sharp sand with the soft and it'll be fine.

Looks a neat job to me, don't worry about rain it'll be fine

Cheers for reply
I was going to use a 4:1 or 5:1 sharp sand:cement mix / would this be ok? It will seem quite excessive to buy a tonne bag building sand and not use so much

Cheers