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If I’m cutting plank porcelain tile do I need to do this many passes or can I just cut through it in two passes? I’m not a professional and it’s a small 10ft bedroom so I won’t need to make many cuts.
My daughter had a porcelain patio fitted last week. It's awful. I don't think they used spacers because all the gaps are different. Some tiles have been cut too short and the gaps filled with cement. Can this mess be rectified? It was not cheap!
Thanks for this. Very helpful. i understand there has to be a slope for drainage. Hence the slope between the pegs. But why then does the string between the pegs have to be horizontal? Surely that has to have a slope aswell?
This was my interpretation. Thickness of the slab will depend on your choice, so probably best to select what slabs you'll be finishing with, then consider that thickness in the final calculation before you lay the base.
Bollocks stihl saw to much vibration chips it every time. Need little electric grinder with good quality thin disc score it first then get some 1 to lightly stray it as you cut it
Sorry using a stihl saw will not give you a nice straight clean cut. To much vibration wet cutter or 4-5" grinder with a proper thin cutting disc and get someone to lightly spray it with water and then sanding disc to buff the edge
Do you need a geo grid if building a patio on an already made and set raised level? We are adding a patio to an area that has a geo grid shed base already installed
Great if you have half hour per cut spare and happy with an aching back. Best wasy is to score the line with a 115mm grinder, then just simply push it through my £1800 water cutter 😅😅😅
Of all the dozens of videos I’ve watched to get a bank of knowledge on how to do this, this has to be the most explained, most informative and easy to follow video. Well done chaps.
If the slab was 40mm thick would it be a good idea with a 4 “ grinder and the appropriate blade cut both sides evenly ? I have a rare slab broke one and need to cut a 20mm sliver off slab is 2 ft x 2 ft…
My garden is very similar to the one in the video and I would like to have the same type of paving. Is planning permission required for this? Thank you
For a small 4x5m base I apparently need 12 x 1 ton bags of MOT Type 1. Inc delivery, that would be around £1000 quid. I’d need to shovel and wheelbarrow it around the back too (ugh!). Then I’d need to buy around 20 bags of pebble gravel, which would set me back around £2000 quid. Turns out it’s cheaper to just slabs on top of soil, or buy decking. All I wanted was a little gravel patio next to my old cedar shed. Building materials prices are absurd.
You shouldn't rough up the bed on porcelain. They need a full flat bed of mortar. Water will get under it, freeze in winter and then expand which will lift the slab. Get the mortar down and smooth it out with a good layer of slurry on the slab otherwise most of the slurry you put on is pointless.
If the concrete is good condition, then can lay slabs/tiles with mapei outdoor tile glue - works with indian paving too, but not with the big concrete slabs(council slabs).
