Patio cost advice

[Dan1983]

Morning all,

Now our house has been completed and funds starting to slowly recover we need to start thinking about a patio.

Much like the house build, we have never had this sort of work done so have no real idea of costing!

 

The area is on a slight slope so would need some soil removing to grade the area but this would be minimal.

 

Location is south in Salisbury area

 

Scope will be oak sleeper retaining wall across the back then probably tumbled limestone slabs or something in keeping with a cottage theme as per attached pictures

Have also seen some nice concrete slabs but read they don’t tend to retain colour well?

 

Across the back and down the side of the house is estimated at 75m2

Patio coming 4m out from the house (is that an ok width?)

 

Ballpark, slabs and oak sleepers are coming in at £6700

 

As it stands we have 20k total budget for the work

[nod]

I’m not sure about your area But where I am (NW) most things seam to be around £50-60 m2 Fags pavers tarmac resin Supply and fit Plus prepping the ground 

Give your Groundwork’s company a call if your happy with the work they have already done 

[Dave Jones]

dont bother limestone its old hat these days, stains and goes green in no time. For the m2 prices you have you could get porcelain. much better product.

[nod]

1 hour ago, Dave Jones said:

dont bother limestone its old hat these days, stains and goes green in no time. For the m2 prices you have you could get porcelain. much better product.

Plus 1

Even limestone internal floor tiles are bad enough for making 

[bassanclan]

And £55 per sqm just for materials seems very expensive

[JamesP]

I have just finished laying nearly 100 sqm of outdoor Porcelain tiles, about £54.00 sqm inc vat from Mandarin Stone.

They were invoiced and delivered back in May 2022. 

4 metre depth should be enough for furniture and table and chairs depending on width.

[Dan1983]

Thanks all will look into porcelain if I can find something with a stone/ riven type texture?

We have limestone on ground floor which has been fine but appreciate porcelain will maybe need less maintenance as not to porous  which will be ideal outside 

 

 

 

 

[Buzz]

9 hours ago, Dan1983 said:

Thanks all will look into porcelain if I can find something with a stone/ riven type texture?

We have limestone on ground floor which has been fine but appreciate porcelain will maybe need less maintenance as not to porous  which will be ideal outside 

 

 

 

 

Hi @Dan1983 we used these https://www.pavingsuperstore.co.uk/strata-paving-porcelain-grey-sandstone-paving-slabs . 

 

Edited August 5 by Buzz

[Dan1983]

They look nice Buzz,

ideally they would need to be riven and tumbled edge to give that proper worn stone effect for us

 

 

[Dave Jones]

On 05/08/2024 at 10:05, Buzz said:

 

Hi @Dan1983 we used these https://www.pavingsuperstore.co.uk/strata-paving-porcelain-grey-sandstone-paving-slabs . 

 

 

A lot of porcelain manufacturers  advise not to lay in brick bond anymore as the larger format tiles are not exactly flat and bow slightly in middle due to the firing process which leads to tiny lips everywhere which is a trip hazard. When i did ours they were not too bad but still went with contemporary bond to make sure.

 

What grout did you use ? Went for flowpoint which worked out really well, easy to do and quick.

[Dan1983]

Will also bare that in mind as would be after brick bond and probably different size slabs 

[Dan1983]

Awaiting a quote now as follow on

Looking over paving options porcelain is not going to give me the look I want with regards to texture/ edge

is there much between limestone and sandstone?