patio

There is a bit of damp in the external solid walls of my house where the patio has been built up above the level of the DPC, bridging it. I believe it may have also covered air bricks so the underfloor void is unventilated. I've sketched the current arrangement. I'm considering what would be the...

Hi - I have a question about a patio that a tradesmen is currently laying for me. It is halfway through being installed and we haven’t noticed any problems yet, but on doing a little bit of searching of the internet (just so I am a little bit more educated on the topic when he asks me...

We're having the garden landscaped at the moment and as it faces south west, we get a lot of sun through the kitchen/patio doors...although not when this pic was taken: While we have internal blinds, the heat gain/glare is still quite annoying so I'm looking at a number of options to shade...

Hi everyone, I’m going to be laying sub base for the patio soon and have woven geotextile fabric to put down beneath it. Ideally I’d like to knock in some pegs at the required sub base height at various points to help me gauge levelling etc but that will mean the fabric will have holes in it...

We are getting our existing cracked patio and concrete path replaced with a new sandstone patio. It was recommended lowering path depth to below the air bricks to avoid splash back. The kitchen is a solid floor and Below the concrete were a layer of bricks which have been removed. The builder is...

I had a Beaufort flag patio (https://www.tobermore.co.uk/homeowner/products/paving-flags/beaufort-flags/) laid last year and just given it a quick clean. Was looking for recommendations for a sealant? Had a look online but just curious to see what's recommended on here, Cheers, Jordan

Hi all, I am in the process of planning my garden and I have a bit of an issue which I am not sure how to resolve. I have 2 air bricks at the back of the house which are about 100mm from ground level (cement floor). I DPC is also not that much higher. (maybe another 20mm). Is there a way to...

Hi, I will soon be ready to lay the Indian Sandstone Paving slabs that I have acquired. I have x2 15m² packs so a total of 30m². The area I have to cover is shown in the attached image and is not square however the area at the bottom right is square. The diagram shows the 100x100mm edging...

Hi I wonder if anyone can offer me some advice. I’m planning on laying a smal 2x3m patio area off the back of our house on MOT and sharp sand. We have very clay soil and have been advised to lay a woven geotextile to help with ground stabilisation. The garden slopes away from the house so I...

So I have bought a metal shed and have some 60cmx 60cm reinforced slabs to lay… My plan was to do a hardcore mix (whacker plate) followed by a dry mix and slabs… However for the hardcore mix what I plan to reuse lots of old rubble, mainly chunks, that I already have (see pic) however what...

Hello, Thank you in advance for all who will take time to support! I am planning to install patio grid in my garden to give some firmness to my heavy clay soil. Now I understood I need to dig around 150mm and put around 70mm hard subbase 40mm of Sharp sand and the 40mm of the grid filled...

Hi everyone, I'm building a patio from Indian sandstone slabs and have planned to install an Aco RainDrain channel drain at one end of it (see drawing). The fall is 1:80 towards the drain. The drain will be about 3.3m long. My question is do I need to have a fall on the aco drain? I wasn't...

Hi all, about to start a new patio project, approx 30m2 in size, I've been thinking about drainage, and the most serious conclusion I've come to, is that I install an ACO drain up against the rear wall of the property, connected to the fresh water drain that the gutter downpipe feeds into. Are...

My neighbour has recently laid the blockwork for his new patio and it probably about a 1m high at our boundary. It's on sloping ground so probably less than 300mm above the ground at the other end. It's not ideal as they can see in a lot of our garden, but not all. I don't want an argument with...

Hi, we've a hardstanding just outside the back door that's a combination of uneven concrete and paving slabs from many years ago. It's solid but not level either but does allow surface water to drain away on to the lawn borders (that's fine). Was wanting to put a little patio area over the above...

I've read and re-read a lot of threads about patio subbases but still can't decide how to proceed with mine. Late last year I dug out an area 50sq.m down roughly 160mm from finished surface level. Working to the 100mm type 1/ 40mm bed / 20 porcelain tile advice that seems quite common. The...

I wanted to repoint my patio + fix some wobbly slabs. But it turned out a lot of them (23) were actually wobbly and after taking them out, I'm kind of stuck what to actually do. The original mortar was pretty high and applied in "blobs" so I was thinking I should just remove some of it and use...

Hi, this is my first post, I hope the below will make sense. We have been doing some research online but still in a bit of a quandary about what to do! We have had a small new extension put in with bifold doors in place however the foundations and new DPC are below the patio. Unfortunately the...

Bit of a uncommon DPC/foundation situation here has left us in a pickle. I've highlighted the DPC levels in green. See Picture. We bought this house 2 years ago. We found its a 1970s, had an extension in 1975 and a large interior redesign in the last 15 years that included moving the rear...

Hello, New slabs and patio was installed last year. It has been OK until this summer where it seems that some slabs have sinked creating a small area of the patio (below the table, in the pics) that now gets flooded when there is medium rain (very often where we are!). Trader is clearly rogue...