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I have to lay some slabs for a garden seating area - about 3.5 x 4m - and I would appreciate some advice on how to go about it. So far I have at least 50mm of scalpings whacked down over a weed suppressing fabric. There will be very little traffic so the plan is to lay the slabs on screeding sand with no cement - the local builders merchants suggestion. Being weed-phobic my wife wants a second layer of fabric beneath the slabs and the design calls for 50-100mm gaps between the slabs, filled with shingle. The slabs vary in thickness over a small range and will be arranged in a psuedo random design. To start off I plan to lay a thin layer of sand to obtain a smooth base then put down the fabric and another thin layer. I'm not sure how to go from there. Should I try to start with all the thickest slabs regardless of position or start in one corner adding sand for the thinner slabs? Or would I be better with no sand above the fabric except as required for the thinner slabs - this would have the advantage of avoiding having shingle mixing with sand between most of the slabs, but I guess the slabs wouldn't be so stable.
Sorry if this sounds like a trivial job to be asking so much about!
Sorry if this sounds like a trivial job to be asking so much about!