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So I finally got around to laying the sub-base for my patio, it is fairly level and happy with how it has turned out. Finished up around 2 weeks ago and was going to crack ahead and lay the slabs on a full bed of mortar. However there was about ~two weeks of downpour here in London with on/off...

I own a Erbauer paddle mixer and have previously used it to mix loads of soil cement buckets with small chunks of hardcore and it mixes very well. It has a variable speed setting. I am going to need to mix mortar for a full cement bed for laying my slabs about 25m2 will be doing this across...

So we dug up our old patio which was laid as follows: slabs -> thin layer of sand (10mm?) -> thin concrete base (maybe 20mm?) -> more sand/soil mix (40-50mm) -> thick clay. The patio is pretty well contained with a brick wall at the front and gravel boards (fence) and brick walls on the sides...

I have quite a bit of rubble/chipped slab pieces and old concrete that are solid and want to incorporate into my subbase rather than disposing of. For my subbase I'm basically laying concrete, but wonder whether I should mix this into the mix itself or should they be on the "bottom" whereby...

Any ideas on what it would cost/going rate to get someone in to lay slabs? Area is 25m2 for a garden patio. The subbase has been done, have the sharp sand already, will go buy the cement. Just need someone to come mix and lay the slabs down. Will need a little cutting around a manhole otherwise...

So I've seen and heard of dry pouring cement (YouTube in USA mainly) on its own to make things such as small concrete patio etc. Asides of the fact what the right way to do it is/whether structurally it would be as strong etc. Would dry pouring a cement/sharp sand mix work/be the same concept...

I don't have a front driveway and the only way to get materials into my garden is via an alleyway leading to through a gate at the end. I will need about 3 jumbo bags of material delivered. It's for a budget DIY project hence my query as the permit cost/application for a day would exceed the...

Is there a safety risk of using a wacker plate near/too close to the drain/manhole leading to a collapse? Or even just generally along the 'route' of the drainage pipe? The brickwork itself seems to be in ok shape a few bricks that could do with replacing near the top end may do so.

So our garden fence basically failed several months back when there were quite strong winds. The fence would be replaced with concrete posts instead of current timber ones. There is already a concrete post with a slot we can use at the end of the garden (facing direction of our fence), assuming...

We have a patio towards the end of the garden which is approximately 5m x 5m (25m²). It isn't close to the house. It currently has slabs (450mmx450mmx35mm) on it which were laid on a thin base of sand (1mm?) and just soil underneath, the soil is quite compact and hard if stepped on but not as...

Any tips/tricks for laying slabs on a mortar full bed for a complete beginner? Had a go but it's not as easy as it looks. Especially the aspect on how much mortar to put down for the slabs and then levelling it, not beginning with a too high rise then having to bang it down but then it doesn't...

Half of our fence nearly toppled over during the last strong winds few months back/last year. The section which just has timber posts and little to no support so will be torn down and redone properly with concrete posts etc. However the front section half already has concrete posts and bricks so...

So I was meant to relay our garden slabs nearly over a year ago now however haven't had the time to get to it until now, as the weather is getting better. Had a separate post on a different query (https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/laying-paving-slabs-in-garden.615167/). Hopefully as now I am...

Hi, Every winter we start to get condensation on our windows overnight, not horribly excessive thankfully and it's fairly manageable. I want to give the window sill a fresh coat of paint as the paint is starting to wear off year by year and it will end up exposing the bare wood, the paint does...

Hi, We have garden paving slabs (430mm x 430mm) in about 6m sq section. There are always weeds growing out of the gaps, have plucked them out several times and also several slabs are slightly uneven with a few cracked. Slabs can be lifted off quite easily as they are just laid on sand. I am...