mot base

Morning. I’ve attached some photos of a sub base I’m in the process of laying for a patio. I am unsure of whether the MOT is up to scratch. What I’m finding is after compaction the surface has areas with quite an open texture (quite crunchy and loose under foot). I think it could be caused by...

Hello, I am due to have a summer house build (7.4m x 4m log cabin) and started preparing the base. The hole has been dug, so next step is compressing with a whacker and then filling with sub base, then whack again. Sub base will be 10cm thick, then a layer of sharp sand 5cm, then 1000g damp...

Wanting to save money on disposal and hardcore would breaking up my old concrete paving slabs work? Or should I just bite the bullet?

I am going to start my garden ready for the summer, I am looking at building a sleeper retainer step up (2 sleepers high) the sleepers will be dug in 50mm so I will have to infill around 305mm. (Leaving thickness for artificial grass 30mm and a 15mm base layer of sand to assist drainage) Should...

We’re building a new driveway. Need to excavate about half a meter of topsoil just to get to ground level, then sufficient depth for sub base and gravel etc. We are coastal and below the topsoil is pure sand. Driveway will be approx 6x30m so huge volumes involved. My question is how deep the mot...

Hi All, I am laying a gravel driveway and planning to to lay 100mm MOT Type one as a sub-base. I have a few “Hefty” old concrete slabs left over from the old driveway. Can I essentially bury under the slabs the 100mm of MOT Type One? Will this cause issues later on I.e sinking (not that it...

Hello, I’m looking to fill in a sunken pathway that is 700mom wide and 200mom deep, the raised surrounding area has cotswold (gold) stone and I want to raise the path and blend in/level it with the surrounding area. I’m curious to know how and what to fill in the path with before I top it...

I'm planning on laying my own patio and have put down roughly 150mm of MOT on top of the soil. After compacting this I intend to lay 20mm porcelain on roughly 50mm of mortar. I'm planning on hiring a whacker plate to compact the MOT down but I am not sure what to do about the gap between the...

I am thinking of replacing the concrete base outside my back door. It is uneven ‘ cracked / missing, basically shot but covered by decking currently. There is a step down out of the back door onto the ground and then back up onto the existing concrete, then up again onto the decking, circa...