Rabbithunter 456 Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 (edited) As you can see me garden is like a bombsite.... Finally getting round to tidying it up a bit. I want to put some flags in front of the dog run... it is all soil down there.. My question is.. will i need to dig out the soil and put a bit of sub base down... or can i get away with tipping a load of sand down there... levelling it off and laying the flags right on top? Cheers Edited June 30, 2013 by Rabbithunter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hot Meat 3,109 Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 get some hardcore an a whacker plate, will make it a better job in end mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nans pat 2,575 Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 you need to run garden edging down each side of that path.then get a roll of plastic of abuilding site then tile it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cookiemonsterandmerlin 145 Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 6inchs out all over 4 inchs of MOT1 scalpings wacking with a plate then membrane covering of sharp sand wacked again and then flags with a 5 in 1 mortar base not 5 spots but a complete covering . Cookie 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rabbithunter 456 Posted June 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 Feck that soundd hard work... ill just turn it over and grow grass 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cookiemonsterandmerlin 145 Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 Give it run over with a good rotovator and seed it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rabbithunter 456 Posted June 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 If i am going to attempt to do the slabs... how much sub base do you reckon... i reckon the area will be 20foot x 4foot... depending on size of slabs i can acquire.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stewie 3,387 Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 first of weigh the sink in......... then see if you can hire a digger and driver.......average price is 150 a day and a good one will piss that in a day!!! ask him about getting rid of the soil, he will no someone for that...........then find a firm that crushes concrete round your way as stone is around a tenner a ton off them, compared to £50 a ton bag for mot1 from a builders merchants..... get the stone for inches below the level of the slabs, whack it and then look around for slabs, you will find someone wanting rid if you look hard enough lol and then get some sand, cement, mix it in a barrow and lay your first slab, set a line off that and repeat till your finished........easy........... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stewie 3,387 Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 If i am going to attempt to do the slabs... how much sub base do you reckon... i reckon the area will be 20foot x 4foot... depending on size of slabs i can acquire.. 3inch all over will be plenty when whacked.......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rabbithunter 456 Posted June 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 If i am going to attempt to do the slabs... how much sub base do you reckon... i reckon the area will be 20foot x 4foot... depending on size of slabs i can acquire.. 3inch all over will be plenty when whacked.......... I meant how many tonnes And feck the digger driver... av got a wheelbarrow spade and a trailer and a boy who will work for twenty quid Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cookiemonsterandmerlin 145 Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 The only reason I go against crushed concrete on such a same area/job is if it not very well crushed it does not wack as well as MOT1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cookiemonsterandmerlin 145 Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 2 Tonnes ish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cookiemonsterandmerlin 145 Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 Which means 2 tonnes out feck the wheel barrow 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stewie 3,387 Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 (edited) If i am going to attempt to do the slabs... how much sub base do you reckon... i reckon the area will be 20foot x 4foot... depending on size of slabs i can acquire.. 3inch all over will be plenty when whacked.......... I meant how many tonnes And feck the digger driver... av got a wheelbarrow spade and a trailer and a boy who will work for twenty quid carry on then but trust me for the price and time/effort it saves, a digger/driver will look like peanuts when your digging hard soil like that in the heat......... plus more will come out than you think!!! you will need a ton an half on there......... Edited June 30, 2013 by lurcher1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stewie 3,387 Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 The only reason I go against crushed concrete on such a same area/job is if it not very well crushed it does not wack as well as MOT1 true mate, but just dont take it unless its the dusty stuff, normally found at the bottom of the pile......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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