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Lol aveatry, that is funny and dark, can you ask the shovel to finish my patio then

Ha Ha, no that happened the day before lol I'm here writing the post in one piece unlike the shovel

Appreciate all the replies, maybe I shouldn't have spat the dummy so early. So all said and done, after I done some googling for alternative ways to ensure the blocks would not move leaving out the haunching, and there is industrial strength glue, for sticking down the blocks anyone heard of, or...

Hi Charlie can you explain what you mean please, are you saying it is too weak in that shape and should be spanning the area further and higher to the edging, however have a 45 degree angle as others are saying cheers.

Hi yes it is fairly sized back yard, whole area to be seeded is 82m squared.

Thanks, yep I couldn't get why it was stepped, and not at 45 degrees, I'm no expert at sowing grass, however I've done it, but I've found it hard for the edges to take on, when I've had six inches of soil.

Hi thanks, so was I wrong to question the tradesmen, I just thought the seeds would have no chance of germinating in the shallow soil, and the job would be done and 4 months down the line I wouldn't have the grass running right up to the edge of my patio, as I've read on other posts people with...

Hi as title I was in middle of getting a porcelain patio layed, then I was going to grass seed whole area, however I questioned the haunching. It comes out from my edging blocks at least 50 to 60mm wide, possibly more I never measured, and is square not angled, and is 40mm below the edging...

Hi not really sure, fitted by council a few years back, what's best way to find out type, can send a pic if you like, just thought strips would help cause pretty draughty,

Hi I would like to draught proof my council house windows from the inside, there double glazed open outwards, and you can turn them all the way to clean them, I'm thinking about just getting the standard P shaped stripping comes double and sticky back. However the size seems pretty the same for...

Hi thanks for the reply, so when you see the experts on YouTube doing a huge slab, and you see the concrete getting pumped in, then two people or more screeding, after that they go over it with a bull float, are they not showing the part where the large aggregate is getting bashed Down eg...

Hi in order to obtain a nice tidy smooth slab of concrete, eg for a drive, a shed etc, should the mix contain, large and small aggregate, eg 20mm stones 10mm, or even 10mm down to smaller gravel, obviously sharp sand, I believe if you ordered a ready mix to your property, it would have a precise...

If the stones do come to the surface how do you push them back down, cause I've not done alot if this I think I get a bit anxious and trowel the mix too early could that be the issue also? could I go about it different this time for my drive, I've used crushed rocks again, for a base, could I...

Hi is that 12 heaped shovels, to two heaped cement, are you doing slabs concrete bases and stuff?

I had crushed rocks for a base as well, maybe that's why the mix wasn't as easy to move around, was trying to save on ballast for other jobs, I think I got one mix wrong, cause the stones in the ballast seemed stuck when I was trying to move them around, I was screeding with wood maybe I should...

Hi I did a slab the other day, 2 feet wide around 10 feet long, I used ballast 20mm, was only for my bins, however still wanted it tidy never went well, at it for ages stones came to top, kept catching them with the float, back breaking trying to sort out pit marks, can I still salvage this...

Thanks but I'm not mixing concrete, it's a hardcore sub base for a patio

Hi never heard of piers what is it, Thanks.

Hi I'm going to do a 3.6m x 3.6m patio, I'll be using, new paving, but nothing fancy just plain 600mm x 50mm, with a mortar base of 40mm. So what depth should my sub base be, I'm reading that the standard should be 75mm, just wondering though could I get away with 50mm, it isn't soft soil, and...

Hi this is pretty short, I'm leveling my soil at the moment, and should be sowing new grass seed shortly, just wondering how much below the paving should my soil be to allow for the new grass, eg 1cm - 2cm just trying to get it right, without the grass spilling over, cause I over estimated with...