How To Lay A Patio For Beginners

Its quite common for people to lay paving on top of an old patio concrete or another hard surface.

How to lay a patio for beginners. Check your level as you work. Lay the pavers in the pattern you desire. Lay down the mortar of around 5 centimetres in depth before placing the patio stones on its top.

Use a rake to distribute the hardcore and even out any bumps. We will be showing you the forming and finishing of this concrete slab with clos. 1 line should run down the length of the patio and the second line side to side with one including the fall for drainage.

Place the first row of slabs in the direction of the slope using the same method you used for the first slab and drive the spacers between each. If youre laying a small patio do this in a wheelbarrow for larger areas its worth hiring an electric cement mixer. As you lay each paver down tap it a bit with a rubber mallet so it is nicely seated in the sand.

Lay the rest of the patio slabs in the same way and. Whilst constructing a sub-base and laying paving slabs can take some time the techniques used are relatively simple and its possible to complete a small. The patio should keep the same level as you go along.

You may also hire a powered wacker which gives a more uniform solid base. Never done anything like this before. See how they lay a patio in the video tutorial.

In this video we will be showing you how to pour a easy concrete patio slab. If the surface is solid and will work well as a base for the paving then you just need to make sure you have at least 50mm plus the depth of the paving between the current surface and where you would like the surface of the paving to be. This can either make things much easier or much harder.