26-04-21, 05:30 PM
(26-04-21, 10:04 AM)Grahamm link Wrote: A question for the FOC-U font of all knowledge...
My garden is basically an adventure playground for cats at the moment, but it's causing problems for my gf as the grass pollen kicks off her hay fever.
So I'm looking to replace it with a patio.
The idea is to hire a mini-digger, dig it out, put in a weed-proof barrier, then a couple of layers of hard core, tamp them down with a Wacka Plate, add a layer of sharp sand, then lay the patio on top of that, allowing a 1:60 drop for drainage (there'll be a strip of earth at the side for water to drain into.
Has anyone on here done this sort of job and has any useful suggestions, comments or recommendations for anything I might have missed?
If youre layin slabs of any description, my advice would be to lay them on a full bed of mortar with mortar joints, or youre likely to be plagued with billions of foccin ants every summer getting between the joints and nesting, and when they start to fly its like a black cloud.