patio

I’ve started a raised patio project and looking for advice regarding the retaining wall and steps. For the retaining wall I’m digging out 450mm wide and 300mm deep trench to put in a 150mm deep concrete footing in clay soil. The retaining wall will be approx 500mm above ground level. For the...

I'm planning to put a patio in a small area of our garden that was a dumping ground for the previous owners. I've cleared it up and dug down a fair bit: The wall on the left is a retaining wall holding our sloped lawn up the hill and to the right is the back of our garage. In digging out the...

Hi All, Just completing this ground floor extension and the next phase is to construct a garden terrace to access via these rear sliding doors. There building is approx 8m wide and terrace could go out by up to 4.5m where it meets the shrubbery in the background. Main issue is the drop of...

Hello all. In Feb this year I had a new patio laid. Everything seemed fine at the time and paid as was happy with the job. Now summer is (finally) starting, the kids have played in the paddling pool on the patio and I've noticed I'm getting standing water, two sections of which are right up...

Hi All, I am in the middle of tiling an outdoor patio and for the outdoor steps I need to create a mitre joint along the full length of a 120cm tile to for an L shaped lip (nose). My plan is to use a coloured epoxy to glue the 2 piece together and then use an epoxy grout to finish. What do...

Hi Everyone, Looking to get my garden completely re-done, ideally thinking of getting patio tiles but looking for some suggestions. Hard to tell from the photo but garden is uneven heights. What would I be looking at price wise to get this fully redone. Thanks

Morning, I've been reading through the searches on this topic and there are lots but all are slightly different to my situation. I've also been reading Paving Expert but i need some eyes on advice before I make a mistake. I'm planning on adding a gravel and stepping stone path to my garden, at...

Hi, We had a new patio laid a couple of years ago. We had some concerns at the time (sandstone slabs laid on a ring bed of cement not a full bed), slabs too high v damp proof course and air bricks, slabs built right up to house walls. We've started to get a lot of woodlice in the house and are...

I have a 40m2 area at the end of my garden which had an old rotten summerhouse and decking, a filled in pond full of rocks and roots. I've been clearing it all out and churning up all the soil as I go. I plan on putting in a 6mx3m patio, but I am concerned whether the soil, now that I have...

Hi there! I'm new to the forum, and i wanted to get some advice. Several years ago, I helped my parents make an epoxy coated pebble patio for her back yard and the end result was absolutely gorgeous, and held up surprisingly well even through loads of rain (and one earthquake). I'm going to be...

Hi all, I've been using the site for advice while planning my new patio and surrounding wall build. It's been very helpful, thank you all. One thing I'm still unsure about is how to extend my step down onto my patio, I'd like it to be full length, rather than the existing. My question is can I...

I want to build a patio and the ground is on a slope. Maybe 15-20cm across a 4 metre patio. I know I have to dig down 15-20cm to get past the softer soil. My question is: Do I need to dig down further in the higher end so the ground is level before adding MOT1, or can I avoid the extra digging...

We're having a new patio installed and the builders are doing a great job. However, I'm concerned to see the new level is only 120 mm below the damp proof course in places. The new level also comes about an inch above the bottom of an air brick which doesn't look right and I suppose could...

Hi all, I'm thinking of repointing our patio. I have only repointed a few bricks on a wall before with a ready mixed repair product. For the patio I was going to use Blue Circle Mortar which only needs to be mixed with water, it's a cement grey colour I beleive. I suspect I would be quite slow...

Hi All Got an interesting semi DIY project lined up, and wanted thoughts from anyone who's done anything remotely similar, and problems you ran into. I've got a double story brick house with a detached simple double garage (also brick) sitting to the side. The garage sits offset to the back...

Do you think I can get away with not cementing the slabs down. I just want to do a sub base and a layer of sand to seat the slabs in... I have slabs vertically placed along the length on both side as a "retaining wall". Dug down about half away in the ground. The slabs will seat in between them...

I have a summer house located at the far end of my garden, connected to the main house by a decking walkway. Eitherside this walkway are large green spaces. Due to the decking deteriorating after 10 years, I'm planning to replace it with garden slabs. However, I'm aware that the slabs need to be...

I’m currently redoing my patio. Current patio is slightly raised and appears to be made from just crazy paving laid on mud and sand. To begin with I’ve dug a small trench to erect a small stone wall along one edge where the patio boundary was basically non-existent. This wall will only be a...

We've just had a new sandstone pathway installed up the side of the house and meeting the existing patio along with some patching around some removed brick planter and replacement of metal drain covers. I was aware we would never be able to match the existing stones exactly and it wouldn't be...

There is a bit of damp in the external solid walls of my house where the patio has been built up above the level of the DPC, bridging it. I believe it may have also covered air bricks so the underfloor void is unventilated. I've sketched the current arrangement. I'm considering what would be the...