Thanks for this mate, I am just doing my own project and it's nice to see a similar product to what I am choosing being laid. Can I ask do you not slurry the back of the slabs? seen a lot of people do it?
Hey bud, no I don't use a slurry mix when I use this type of application. The weight of the slab along with the jointing compound will lock them in place, Just make sure you lay them on a decent foundation, approx 100mm thick😉
This might be a silly question, but how do you know if your base layer is acceptable enough for a patio to built? You guys make it look so natural to where it’s just porcelain on the dirt.. but I know it is *not* simply just that. Does grading and gravel/compaction play an important role in base prep for porcelain patios?
Hi, Yeah sub base or hardcore is really important before you start to lay your paving. NEVER lay paving straight onto dirt, it will always sink.😫 On this job I used sub base material from the site and compacted it all down. As a basic rule you need to dig out the turf and vegetable soil and make sure that what you are left with is firm underfoot. Then apply a layer of type 1 (it's usually a crushed aggregate of 40mm rock down to dust) and compact it down with a wacker plate or a handheld earth rammer. Having said that, if you watch some of my other video's I have laid paving straight onto the sub base once I've dug out the vegetable soil with my machine with no added aggregate because it's hard enough to lay straight on. See the link below ruclips.net/video/az-FdNXxqLo/видео.html Hope that helps😀
Hi, Don't show me using the slurry in the early video's but, I do use it Click on the links below to see the proof. Enjoy😉 ruclips.net/video/kNcSpvJ8HzM/видео.html ruclips.net/video/RW2XYkvLLEw/видео.html
Ground level was dug down which was well compacted and then I laid the slabs over the top. You'll notice I left some old slabs down and just slabbed over the top of them, which is fine to do as long as your levels allow for it. If your sub-base is soft (vegetable soil) you will need to dig out and put in hardcore and wack down before you start laying. Hope that helps MPHYS 😉
I would dig everything out to 200 mm from finished height put subase down and compacted allowing for 20 mm 30 mm slab and about roughly 30 to 40 mm bed of motor and slurry back of slabs
Thanks for this mate, I am just doing my own project and it's nice to see a similar product to what I am choosing being laid. Can I ask do you not slurry the back of the slabs? seen a lot of people do it?
Hey bud, no I don't use a slurry mix when I use this type of application. The weight of the slab along with the jointing compound will lock them in place, Just make sure you lay them on a decent foundation, approx 100mm thick😉
100 mm of bed is to thick no more than 40 mm and slurry is better helps make them stick😮
I saw a precious thing at 11:05
😂😂
Nice video bud. Thinking of some 600x900 slabs for my project. Should look great and uniform, but they are quite large.
Yep, you're right, super heavy. Mind your back man!😫
@@naturalhabitatlandscaping3681 excellent!
Why such a thick laying bed why not bring your sub base up, also no back butter primer?
Just easier on this one to lay on a thick bed rather than bring in a load of type 1 and slabs pre primed 😁
This might be a silly question, but how do you know if your base layer is acceptable enough for a patio to built?
You guys make it look so natural to where it’s just porcelain on the dirt.. but I know it is *not* simply just that.
Does grading and gravel/compaction play an important role in base prep for porcelain patios?
Hi, Yeah sub base or hardcore is really important before you start to lay your paving. NEVER lay paving straight onto dirt, it will always sink.😫
On this job I used sub base material from the site and compacted it all down. As a basic rule you need to dig out the turf and vegetable soil and make sure that what you are left with is firm underfoot.
Then apply a layer of type 1 (it's usually a crushed aggregate of 40mm rock down to dust) and compact it down with a wacker plate or a handheld earth rammer.
Having said that, if you watch some of my other video's I have laid paving straight onto the sub base once I've dug out the vegetable soil with my machine with no added aggregate because it's hard enough to lay straight on.
See the link below
ruclips.net/video/az-FdNXxqLo/видео.html
Hope that helps😀
Thank you for the details. Very useful .
what tipe of sand you using ? soft sand?
Use sharp or course sand😁
Concrate sand
Always use sharp/course sand😁
Where's the priming slurry 😮
Hi,
Don't show me using the slurry in the early video's but, I do use it
Click on the links below to see the proof.
Enjoy😉
ruclips.net/video/kNcSpvJ8HzM/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/RW2XYkvLLEw/видео.html
this all on top of hardcore?
Ground level was dug down which was well compacted and then I laid the slabs over the top. You'll notice I left some old slabs down and just slabbed over the top of them, which is fine to do as long as your levels allow for it.
If your sub-base is soft (vegetable soil) you will need to dig out and put in hardcore and wack down before you start laying.
Hope that helps MPHYS 😉
So this was laid on compacted soil?
I would dig everything out to 200 mm from finished height put subase down and compacted allowing for 20 mm 30 mm slab and about roughly 30 to 40 mm bed of motor and slurry back of slabs