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He's a friend from work, who has laid quite a few other peoples here, who have all been impressed with the workmanship and quality of what he has done. He has a sort of "handyman" business as well as what he does during the day. Not a dodgy sort, a pretty straight up chap ,and to be honest, with...

Thanks for that Thermo. Will double check the sizes with them tomorrow. Do you think the 7 tonnes I came up with seems too much? Thanks for your help - it is reassuring to have the help of yourself and others who know what they are talking about!

Hi, Have been pricing up some of the materials and it seems that B&Q is the cheapest?!? I know that everyone says try local builders merchants etc, but B&Qs prices seem to be about 20% cheaper than other quotes I have had, for example; Bulk Bag of MOT1 - £36.98 Bulk Bag of Sharp Sand...

Hi Thermo, Thanks for the reply - really appreciate it. To get 7 tonnes, I used the calculator here http://www.pavingexpert.com/calcall.htm#focus14 2nd one down is the one I used. Does that seem too much? Thanks for looking at the other figures. Will wait to hear from you. Can you...

Hi, I am just about to order up some materials for laying a patio, and having read the advice on here and elsewhere, I just wanted to double check that the quantities sound about right. The size of the patio is around 32m2, so I have been working on 35m2 to allow for wastage etc. The...