Remember to allow 10mm for each joint when measuring your area. Tools - A fork if grass cutting required, A shovel and spade, A mallet of rubber, A spirit level, Pegs and Lines, Wheelbarrow, Safety gloves. Hire shop. Little mixer of cement and compactor (also known as a wacca)plate. If cuts are needed an angle grinder or cutter with safety goggles. Marking out. Use pegs and lines to mark out your area. To check your angles measure from corner to corner. The distance between corners 1 and 3 should measure the same as corners 2 and 4. Digging out. You should quarry down regard 100mm (4inch). As your patio is moving to butt up to your home you must ensure that the front of the paving slabs will close at least 150mm below your humid course. Also, it is vital that your patio slopes far from your house. 2.5cm for every 2m or 1inch for every 6ft.

If you are only digging out top soil you should be capable to find away with dispersing it within your garden. Laying the hard core. Around 100mm (4inch) deep hard core spreading required. Scamper the wacca plate over the hardcore, including maximum to any minimum points. Your hardcore should close about 75mm (3inch) in depth and should be hard under foot. Laying your slabs. Mix cement and sand without water at a ratio of 5:1 sand: cement. If you have a small mixer, 10 shovels of sand and 2 of cement is only sufficient for the mixer and provides you a good wheelbarrow full. Apply this mix in a corner. If you are bumping up to your house, begin against the wall.

It requires being moderately firm but not so firm that you can't tap down the slabs into rest. Patios are typically made of durable surfaces such as bricks, tile, or natural paving stones. Step by step put your top slab down and tap it in put with your rubber mallet. If the mix hasn't been packed down very solid you should be capable to place the slab. Use your stage to ensure this first slab is knocking on. Other slabs proceed from this one so take time to guarantee its right. It needs level next the stonework of your house but with an incredibly small slope away from your home. Always work off the hardcore. Don't situate on your pavement slabs for a few days while the sand and cement dry and sets. Laid several square meters appeal of your paving slabs, spread some mix on top and skirmish it within the joints. You may have to do this numerous times as the combination set in the joints.