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Hi Guys
Long time lurker, first time poster here so bare with me please
I am recently purchased my first house with my girlfriend and the previous owners have left quite a lot of work, which is sort of fun to put our own stamp on it.
Anyway the first piece of advice im after is regarding laying a patio. When we got the house in the back garden there was some incredibly poorly laid decking which was actually laid above the DPC.
I immediately took it up as we wanted a patio down. The ground (shropshire) was really full of clay so i dug down 12 inches and used a combination of wickes MOT hardcore and broken up slabs (see pics).
I am in no way experienced at this sort of thing and am going to wacker it down and cover with sand and then lay slabs. Am i doing it ok so far in your opinions? does the hardcore need to be smaller?
Any advice and or tips would be amazing. Thanks in advance
Long time lurker, first time poster here so bare with me please
I am recently purchased my first house with my girlfriend and the previous owners have left quite a lot of work, which is sort of fun to put our own stamp on it.
Anyway the first piece of advice im after is regarding laying a patio. When we got the house in the back garden there was some incredibly poorly laid decking which was actually laid above the DPC.
I immediately took it up as we wanted a patio down. The ground (shropshire) was really full of clay so i dug down 12 inches and used a combination of wickes MOT hardcore and broken up slabs (see pics).
I am in no way experienced at this sort of thing and am going to wacker it down and cover with sand and then lay slabs. Am i doing it ok so far in your opinions? does the hardcore need to be smaller?
Any advice and or tips would be amazing. Thanks in advance