Builders or sharp sand for wet patio base?

[Tomtuk]

as title please

Laying a sandstone patio on top of 6inch whacked hardcore.

Can someone please confirm the mix for the wet mortar mix? And is it sharp sand or builders sand ?

Cheers

 

[Anstiss Ltd]

www.pavingexpert.com

Best resource there is

 

[Guitarguy]

I laid mine with sharp sand, massively helped by paving expert. IIRC I used a 5:1 sand cement ratio

 

[nickjb]

Everything guitarguy said. When i did mine - sharp sand, 5:1 and paving expert is a handy resource.

 

[Tomtuk]

cheers all