patio

Hi, I'm currently preparing a base for a new concrete slab patio. A portion of the area has an old piece of concrete acting as a path around the house and it has a heavy slope on it. The slab I intend to pour will be 100mm thick so I need to level up the area of old concrete too. My question...

Hi all. So I've had a nightmare. I currently have decking outside. I planned to take the boards up and leave the frame, then clad it with No More Ply (I was told that it would be strong enough) and then put 40-50mm of concrete on top to lay my 20mm porcelain tiles. I have just laid the NMP and...

Hi I’m looking to use an infill drain cover to hide the drain in the patio. The current drain cover is on a 45 degree angle to the house and the drain shaft is on an angle. Because the drain shaft is a rectangle brick shaft (instead of circular) I can’t just adjust the angle of the new drain...

Hello hoping for some advise - We have just had a porcelain patio laid in our garden and the work is sub standard. We had already done a lot of the prep work as we had intended to lay the patio ourselves but then decided it better to get a professional. We ensured to hire someone who said they...

I’ve just laid a new patio, I’m going to use Sika jointing compound. Question is: can I pressure wash my patio slabs before pointing?

Patio has been down 20 years and is slabs laid on sub base and sand, no cement. I want to fix to pergola posts to the patio and was thinking of lifting two slabs, digging out 10cm depth and relaying the two slabs on cement. I would then drill through the slabs and cement to attach the post...

Morning all. I'm a DIY'er here, so excuse the lack of knowledge and experience! I am planning to lay new slabs in 2 corners of my garden that were previously paved with random bricks and slabs of different sizes with some sandstone slabs, but when I pulled up the old slabs and started to dig...

Hi I am in the process of doing my own patio, dug it out edgings in, now I am having trouble getting hold of Mot1, it's all out of stock, now, i have had a brainwave, maybe, i had my driveway done a few years ago with red slate which is ok but not the best for a drive, so, I thought what if I...

Hi all I am in the process of excavating to prepare a concrete shed base (yellow). The ground at the location has a slight fall. The shed will sit nearside of the photos, on the low side. The door to the shed will be facing background, towards the natural rise of the land. I am looking for...

Hi everyone I have a bit of a wonky mini raised patio / wrap around step, by the front door, which has been built on a solid concrete slab. Im planning on removing all existing patio and laying about two courses of concrete blocks on the perimeter of the slab to get a consistent level and then...

Hi Folks, Just a meddling amateur here. Was wondering about the best practice for laying a patio between two external walls that sit at a 90 degree angle to each other. Patio will only be about 4x3 metres. Was thinking it through and realised I might have to make a slope in two directions to...

Hello, Looking at laying a patio onto a concrete base - pic attached. Will be using 600mm x 600mm x 20mm Porcelain slabs. Whats the best method to lay these? Do we apply a 30mm mortar mix, then lay directly on top? Also we would need to cut a small section for the down pipe drainage area, is...

Hello, Looking at laying a patio onto a concrete base - pic attched. Will be using 600mm x 600mm x 20mm Porcelain slabs. Whats the best method to lay these? Do we apply a 30mm mortar mix, then lay directly on top? Also we would need to cut a small section for the down pipe drainage area, is...

I have a small patio job coming up which we will be using porcelain tiles on (20mm thick). I usually use a dry/semi-dry mix and screed out a large area then place the slabs into position and lightly tap into place (I just personally find it easier than wet mix) would this method be okay for use...

I’ve just taken up our deck and under the timber structure is a weed blanket with the old patio below that. It seems in the main structurally sound with 1 ‘wobbly bit’. I need to lay some crushed concrete to build up the level before a layer of type 1 to give me the level to lay on (all...

Hi, I am just about to start back into my garden project, composite decking is being delivered in the next few days and I would like to get the frame built. I was hoping for a bit of advice on the best way to do it. The plan is to raise the decking to be at a level just under the patio doors...

My final problem before I tackle the patio!! Ive attached a photo that shows the set up, but I have a decking sandwiched between two patio areas, and I plan to take up the decking and timbers underneath and replace with a patio. The finished level is at or above DPC do I plan to fit Aco drains...

At the moment I have a raised decking above the garden run up to a set of bifold doors. I want to remove the deck and replace with a patio. There’s about 300- 400mm needed to build up to finished level before I can lay the stone. What’s the best material to build up the sub base with? Would it...

Hi Had a single story rear extension built, time to sort out the garden. The patio area is almost 1m below the lawn area - so the lawn will be held back by a retaining wall with steps. There's no rainwater drainage at the back of our houses, just the foul sewer. My options as I see it are...

Hi all, I’m looking for some help and advice as I have decided to relay my patio. The current slabs are the standard buff concrete type about 40mm thick and I want to replace with 20mm porcelain. I have lifted one of the existing slabs and found a full mortar bed which seems in decent...