I'm planning on decking over an old slabbed patio and could do with a bit of advice. The slabs are 900x600x50 (about 50 of them), I don't have an easy way to get rid of them and i figured they make a pretty solid base for the deck, so i decided to deck on top.
The slabs weren't installed level, the front was about 250mm higher than the back as with the run of the garden, so i lifted them, dug it out to level(ish) and layed them back down again.
So i now have an area roughly 7m x 4.5m with pretty level slabs.
I'm going to use 50x100mm timber for the decking frame, and i'm sure it won't be 100 level to every slab when i lay it down.
What would you use for packing out any small bits under the slabs if the decking frame isn't sitting on it? I was thinking i could mix up concrete and put little pads down anywhere required.
Any advice would be appreciate.
Cheers
The slabs weren't installed level, the front was about 250mm higher than the back as with the run of the garden, so i lifted them, dug it out to level(ish) and layed them back down again.
So i now have an area roughly 7m x 4.5m with pretty level slabs.
I'm going to use 50x100mm timber for the decking frame, and i'm sure it won't be 100 level to every slab when i lay it down.
What would you use for packing out any small bits under the slabs if the decking frame isn't sitting on it? I was thinking i could mix up concrete and put little pads down anywhere required.
Any advice would be appreciate.
Cheers