Hello, we have been going round in circles deciding what to do with our front porch area and I think we have finally finally decided what do to.
We have a raised patio outside our font door which needs redoing. It has a concrete slab underneath
Im thinking to edge the slab with sleepers, we also want to extend it slightly to the side as a place for storage, so will use sleepers to frame the area.
For the existing patio area im thinking I need to remove the current slabs, then fill in with MOT 1? to bring it up to the level of current slabs / to the top of the sleepers - the current slabs sit on big dabs of mortar and sand and soil - then will lay new patio slabs on top on a full bed of mortar.
The small extension in front of the fence is about 306cm from ground to top of current slabs. After digging out the grass do I just need to backfill the whole thing with MOT 1 and then mortar bed and slabs or should I use something else to backfill the bigger area. Could I reuse the old patio slabs to build up the level?
Thanks
We have a raised patio outside our font door which needs redoing. It has a concrete slab underneath
Im thinking to edge the slab with sleepers, we also want to extend it slightly to the side as a place for storage, so will use sleepers to frame the area.
For the existing patio area im thinking I need to remove the current slabs, then fill in with MOT 1? to bring it up to the level of current slabs / to the top of the sleepers - the current slabs sit on big dabs of mortar and sand and soil - then will lay new patio slabs on top on a full bed of mortar.
The small extension in front of the fence is about 306cm from ground to top of current slabs. After digging out the grass do I just need to backfill the whole thing with MOT 1 and then mortar bed and slabs or should I use something else to backfill the bigger area. Could I reuse the old patio slabs to build up the level?
Thanks
