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Ok

 

I will have a concrete slab but not much depth to get pavers in .

My superior has chosen pavers that are 80mm thick - so that really helps .

At the deepest end (concrete base to finish ) I’ve got maybe 18cm . Plot slopes so going down to 12cm ?

As my ‘base’ is solid do I skip the mot1 and just do sand ?

This is above living accommodation so suds etc. not an issue 

 

cheers 

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5 minutes ago, PeterW said:

Aren’t you parking on this ..?? 

 

You may need to go with a stiff sand / cement screed that you lay direct on to as you may find just sand will shift. 

? We are meant to park on it but in reality never will .

I did the driveway in my old house the conventional way and actually parked on it no issue . Perhaps different (??? ) sand for this one ???

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you have a slope and not a lot of sand under that end slab at 40mm so you will need to watch for pivoting. I'd go a 6:1 sand cement mix whacked down and lay on that so it doesn't move about.

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40 minutes ago, PeterW said:

you have a slope and not a lot of sand under that end slab at 40mm so you will need to watch for pivoting. I'd go a 6:1 sand cement mix whacked down and lay on that so it doesn't move about.

Ok

Will I still need to lay the blocks proud by say 5mm i.e will they still wacker plate down ?

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1 minute ago, PeterW said:

Thought it was slabs..? Can't whacker a slab unless you want crazy paving... or by pavers do you mean paving blocks..?

Yeah paving blocks . 80mm deep , 100mm wide and I think maybe 400mm long . Buggers to lay I’m guessing ?

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