Driving on concrete slabs. What to bed them on?

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My parents have a path around their house made of semi decorative concrete 18inch slabs. Due to the nature of the otherwise gravel driveway these get drive on repeated and are not standing the pace.

They need re-laying on a firmer footing but they are not sure what to spec.
Most of the path is 2flags or 3ft wide, but parts are twice that.

Thanks in advance.


Daniel
 
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dhutch, good evening.

I would suggest that you research paviours and what to lay them on for a driveway or possible a Forecourt?

As I recall there is a code of practice but at this distance in time from it ?? it has faded from instant recall.

What I can remember there was a requirement for hardcore, lean mix Concrete, Sand Cement, then Slabs or Paviours.

Ken
 
Your main objective I to stop the overturning force caused by the weight of the car as it hits the edge of the slab. This will make the slab want to flip up. To stop this you need to make a sound base for the flag and also the level of the gravel is important. If the gravel is too low the car has to climb up onto the slab making the problem worse. Lastly the flag must be well stuck to the bedding.

As for bedding the flags scrape back the gravel and some sub base and lay 75mm of leanmix concrete. Then lay the flag on 50mm of 4:1 grit sand : Cement. Use sbr either in your mix or prime the back of the flag with an sbr cement slurry.
 
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As for bedding the flags scrape back the gravel and some sub base and lay 75mm of leanmix concrete. Then lay the flag on 50mm of 4:1 grit sand : Cement. Use sbr either in your mix or prime the back of the flag with an sbr cement slurry.
Thats what we need.

As you say, they need to be stuck down well enough not to lift, and also be supported well enough not to crack.


Daniel
 

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