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Not sure on wool or synthetic? Just a bit standard carpet As in washing liquid and warm water? I’ll give it a try

Oh yes that may help

Anyone know the best way to get rid of this carpet stain? Don’t know what’s caused it ‍♂️ I am going to hire a carpet cleaner but want to sort this out first Cheers

I have decided to use standard mortar mix for pointing my patio purely from a cost point of view I’m adding some everbuild mortar tone to the mix to give it a bit of colour Is it best to use building sand at a ratio of 3:1 sand:cement (with a bit of mortar tone)? Or sharp sand? Am I correct...

I’ve laid half of my patio but I’m unable to continue until next weekend. I work in the shed so need to walk over it. Assuming this is ok to do baring in mind that I won’t be pointing until I’ve done the whole project? Regarding pointing, I’m going to do a traditional sand/cement mix and put...

I’m laying my patio on mortar bed: 4 buckets sharp sand to 1 bucket cement 1. How much water should I add to this mix? (As a rough guide) 2. How much plasticiser should I add to the above water? Cheers

Probably yes. Do you really have enough time on your hands to go back checking what people ask in previous threads ? Thanks anyway It’s my first time laying Indian stone and a project like this

Cheers. So in this case would you move the big slab to the right by a few mm (not ideal) or move the 600x600 slab left slightly to reduce gap between the 300x300 and 600x600?

Just doing a dry lay of Indian stone before putting on the mortar bed, starting tomorrow The issue i have is with the size of the grout gap alongside the large slab (bottom left) It’s as if the 600mmx600mm slab above it is slightly too wide. What to do in this situation? Do I install it on a...

I have an old 5l container of mortar plasticiser hanging about (approx 1-2 years ‘out of date’) Will this be ok to use to add to my patio mortar bed … I mean, it’s not like chicken….?

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

As in dry lay the whole patio or just a few slabs?

Right, I’m finally at the stage to order sharp sand and cement for my mortar bed for Indian stone paving I’m following the below pattern (4 different sizes) Take, for example (bottom row, 3rd from left)… That’s 600mm wide and 900m long Above it has 30cm x 30cm and 30cm x 60cm slabs. Because...

Ah sorry, yes I see what you mean!

I’ve left approx 75mm depth in most areas for: 50mm mortar bed 22mm paving This will bring me to the correct level (with top of concrete edge) once installed

So in my case 15mm in small sections discrepancy is good?

So are we saying that you believe I don’t need to adjust the MOT, and just level slabs with mortar bed and mallet the Indian stone level?

Ah that’s ok then. I’ve just run a string line from the top of the edge to top of the other edges (finished level of patio) and most areas are approx 75mm (which is correct height I need) and some areas are 80-90mm so I expect I’ll be ok. I do actually have some MOT left over, is it worth...

I’ve compacted my MOT for patio base. There are a couple of areas that are 10-15mm lower than some other areas, is this ok to just use more mortar when laying the slabs (Indian stone)? Cheers

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