Foundation For Crazy Paving

[gibbsy09]

Hi first off I'm not handy at all lol, A friend of a friend offered to do some work in my garden, he's done some so far, but now he's avoiding me like the plague, I will not list all the projects still to get done, but I'll start with the one I would like to get done, and see where it goes from there.

I have a rectangle shape that is 7m long and over a meter wide approximately, I have some broken slabs different sizes/ crazy paving, I need to lay this, then bolt down a plastic keter shed on top, and I would like to know the best and probably easiest way for a complete novice to get this done, I kind of had a look on YouTube for some guidance, but now my head is nipping with all these different approaches.

1) should I lay a mortar mix let it set, then place the crazy paving peice by peice, then cement in-between, if I did this would I have to create some kind of box section to keep the mortar mix intact, and how do I keep straight edges for the crazy paving.

2) put down some kind of gravel, hire a compactor, then lay the crazy paving over the surface, then cement.

3) your ideas, bearing in mind I'm a total novice, but want to give it a go, please don't say get a guy in, tried that failed, I'm in Scotland so will get ground frost when winter kicks in.

I have enclosed a pic.

 

[Ian H]

If it’s solid under foot I would mixup sharp sand and cement, 5 to 1. Mix it wet then knock the paving onto it with a rubber mallet, do a meter then use the same mix to point it up.

 

[gibbsy09]

If it’s solid under foot I would mixup sharp sand and cement, 5 to 1. Mix it wet then knock the paving onto it with a rubber mallet, do a meter then use the same mix to point it up.

Hi that's why I was asking for some advice, it's not solid under foot I don't think because it's just soil, if you look at the pic I put up, also if you look there is no recess on the fence side, it's all just soil, so I can't dig down to create a recess, so would I have to put some brick down on the fence side to create something for the slabs to lean into some sort of base.

I have not done anything like this before, and I was looking for some advice from some guys that have been there and done it so to speak, my garden is massive and a total riot and I'm trying to do little bits piece by piece, and this is the start, as the guy helping me has scarpered lol.

I have some 3 by 2, slabs and maybe best using those instead of the broken slabs, I just kind of need a step by step guide to getting the foundation right to lay them down, Thanks.

 

[Ian H]

At the side you would usually use a piece of 900x150 which is basically a 3x2 cut into 4. That would retain your crazy paving and let you scrape off the top layer of loose soil.

I’ve just done mine on soil/clay. It’s 50mm thick at the back but nearer 125mm thick at the front, I even overlapped into the grass a bit but I’m going to put a cobble edge on it so will bed that on concrete

 

[gibbsy09]

At the side you would usually use a piece of 900x150 which is basically a 3x2 cut into 4. That would retain your crazy paving and let you scrape off the top layer of loose soil.

I’ve just done mine on soil/clay. It’s 50mm thick at the back but nearer 125mm thick at the front, I even overlapped into the grass a bit but I’m going to put a cobble edge on it so will bed that on concrete
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Hi do you lay the 4 cut pieces flat or do you stand them up, Thanks.

 

[Ian H]

Stand them up