Hi I was hoping for some advice. A friend is pregnant and their small back garden needs an overhaul so I have volunteered to do it for them.
They have had two out houses knocked down and they want a seating area about 5 metre square where they were. The two out houses floors are next to each other in an L shape but are at different levels (one is a couple of inches higher). They are solid flat concrete. The seating area will be rectangle with the rest of the base currently being soil.
They were hoping to have a gravel seating area so I was thinking I could put some MOT/crusher down and compact it to get it all level (prob needs a depth of about 75mm) and then lay some pea gravel on this and compact it again. Is this OK?
Or would it be best mixing the pea gravel in with some mortar so the surface is firmer? And would I need to break up the existing concrete?
Cheers
john
They have had two out houses knocked down and they want a seating area about 5 metre square where they were. The two out houses floors are next to each other in an L shape but are at different levels (one is a couple of inches higher). They are solid flat concrete. The seating area will be rectangle with the rest of the base currently being soil.
They were hoping to have a gravel seating area so I was thinking I could put some MOT/crusher down and compact it to get it all level (prob needs a depth of about 75mm) and then lay some pea gravel on this and compact it again. Is this OK?
Or would it be best mixing the pea gravel in with some mortar so the surface is firmer? And would I need to break up the existing concrete?
Cheers
john