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Waits a few months and wonders what the yellow patch is on the cill?

Ok, Just finished installing one run of new railway sleepers to create a barrier between patio and raised lawn. These have been treated in a brown stain as opposed to a green one. Next thing i want to do is to stain them. I bought an all singing all dancing end preserver, water repellant and...

Cheers, Excuse my ignorance, but a strip drain ? Plus would it be a good idea to mix in some sharp sand with the topsoil > If so, are there any guidelines as to the amount

Or look to get it repaired, how do you know its a crack, most times these are found to be scratches ?

How big is the crack ? Got any pics ? See if you can get it fixed before going tho the expense of a replacement

I plan to remove my rear lawn in September and re build the whole area as it is un even, bumpy and slopes. Having had a garden room built and installed a new patio this year the area that the garden drained down to is now a patio so the garden just floods and as its a clay base it stays wet for...

Only brush in type products are really expensive. some i have seen are £35 for a tin that'll cover 8sq mtrs. Geo-Fix is one that comes to mind. I would go for the 3-1 mix as it wll be stronger and last longer. As for getting on your knees, do you have any wiling grandkids ????

Hi, Patio finished finally. However when the pointing has dried a few spots of the pointing mixture has gotten on to the slabs, didn't really notice them until they fully cured, Whats best method for removal bearing in mind they have been down 10 days now. Have tried a stiff brush and warm...

Thermo- You say a 1-3 mix with building sand and cement.. Should that read a 1-3 mix with cement and building sand ??

Ok, :P So, Patio cools down around 1pm as the sun is blocked by the new garden room. What length of time following laying is deemed as too soon, So would a light spray prior to pointing suffice, also i read somewhere or saw it on Ground Force that to tackle the heat pour a little amount of...

No pics yet Thermo, Just got out of shower and sat with a couple of becks looking for best advice on the pointing mix, Some say 3/4 to 1 with sharp and building ? Others say 3/1 just sharp ? Got the last run to relay tomorrow, approx 20 slabs then point in the afternoon, back permitting. ANY...

Take it from me, a dry mix screeded level is NOT the way forward. I spent a full week doing what you have done, 2" of mot i may hasten to add, looked superb until settled then i found rocking, cracked joints and then the frost got in and lifted some. I have just spent the last 2 days lifting it...

Should have called in the pro's but i will not be beaten. Have now decided to lift slabs , remove couple of mm of top bed and re lay with a wet mix. What's the best mix/sand/cement to use and i presume its full coverage as in floor tiles and not dot n dabbing ??

or instead of decking/slabs build a framed pond which will fill the gap and be viewable from the extension ?

many many thanks for your advice, i shall get to grips straight away....ps If there is a slight wobble from any slab will it crack away again ? Wish i had done the wet mix now but hindsight is a great thing, had severe time restrictions and budget to work to. bugger

There we go, should be able to see the grey colour, the cracked area and the last one shows a combination of the two. Grey does not look too bad but on a 33sq mtr patio its almost flourescent ? :?:

Sure, I'll do some tomorow and send in....... :wink:

Riven slabs- 300x300, 600x600,300x450. Laid onto compacted mot and sand, then a dry mix of sand/cement laid, slabs randomly laid on top, left for day then pointed next day with a 3-1 mix which was mixed in a bucket then applied slowly to the gaps and pushed down with a bucket tool thing ...

sure, a combination of the following, strong liquid adhesive, flexible filler, spray paint, lacquers, tints, wet n dry and loadsa patients. Its my job..... You should also be aware that their is little or no support underneath so it could go again if directly stood on

Hi, I sought much indepth advice recently from various sites/people and found various methods and procedures for laying patio slabs, I adopted a few ideas and begun in earnest. Everything went fine during prep, fine during laying and fine during pointing. One week later and my grouting has...