Transform Your Outdoor Space: Step-by-Step Guide to Installing a Patio 

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McReady I also have that thought when I start a dig and I spare a thought for all those people who have relatives who have just dissapeared into thin air. Worse is the thought that some youg girl is being held at this very moment in some monster's dungeon. It happens.

Skills don't need to.

This guy knows what he's doing, there's really no need to.

How do you know there’s nothing in the bottom to catch it?

Don’t need audio

Yep, I've built four large patios over last couple of years, in both Indian Sandstone & good old Marshall Pendle Buff 600mm slabs. First pair of patios (Sandstone & Marshall), I used cement pointing and it was difficult to get a consistently good colour match across many mixes and even with a fairly dry cement/mortar mix you had to be super careful not to stain the edges of the slabs (especially with the Indian Sandstone). So you're there with a bucket of clean water and a sponge just in case you need to rub some mortar off the slab edges. Second pair (one being a Kandia Grey Sandstone patio for my daughter & the other a Buff Pendle) I decided to shell out & went with Flint & Buff Coloured Sika All Weather Jointing Compounds. Difference over cement/mortar mix is "night and day", just lightly spray the slabs with water, brush in the consistenly coloured Jointing Compound, pointing iron the joints, brush any residue into the next joint, and so on 👍😀 It's much more expensive than a cement/mortar mix 😱 but when you consider it takes about quarter the time to point the joints, provides consistent colour high quality joints and there's no cement on slab edges to worry about it's a no brainer 👍. I personally won't be going back to cement/mortar jointing any time soon, unless the client specifically states they want it (& it'll cost them for the additional time it takes 😂).

Exactly sand and cement ends up looking shitty and then always bit of window framing

..back butter with cement slurry/pva....if you know..you know....

​@Rocky Mount I'm thinking of using the sika myself on a pointing job I'm doing. Just wondering about the longevity of it?

So good I'm going to watch it again.

Seems crazy to import this stuff from India. I often used to wonder about the working conditions over there. The wooden crates were a work of art

You mean ballast, it’s larger than that

Train ballast are big buggers.

Train track knickers?

You definitely can, but after a couple of years of rain they have a tendency to wonk.

You can't really because they are irregular sizes you need a decent grout gap and the grout will crack if layed on sand. With uniform concrete slabs sure you can and sweep in kiln dried

or too many straight lines

If I remember correctly from college c1980 ,no more than 5 slabs on a straight joint then break the line. Tbh can't remember might have been 7 but that seems too long. And of course,no cross joints . I used to put one cross joint in the corner somewhere just because I could 😉

Would go any longer 1.8m on a straight try keep to 1.5 on random laying. Anything over 2m long looks poor.

Baldy Slapnut 100% right, definitely no cross joints it never holds the slabs stable with the ground 👍🏻

Ouch

Had my patio laid like this a few years ago, and have been having the same problem with the grout. After less than a year I was having to chisel parts out to replace it, not difficult but it's a constant battle.

It’s not only breaching the DPC that you have to watch out for but also rain splash. The DPC is supposed to be put in to a specific height to leave the water that will hit the rocks under the DPC and so not cause a problem with rising damp.

@@davideyres955 The fact is that nowadays we have wheel chair access thesholds as part of the Building Regs so the 150mm is waived in those areas. It is best to have a porch or canopy to stop the splash but on a PVCu door it is not such a problem.

There are thin 50mm drainage grill strips available like miniature acco to put between the wall and the slab in exposed weather areas but it's a bit ott in my opinion in normal conditions.

Why don't you put your hand or shovel into the mixer? Genuine question, I thought it was a fairly slow moving contraption.

@@ricos1497 There are 2 or 3 mixing blades inside it. Shovel can get caught in them and hurt you if not paying attention or it catches in your clothing. I think many of us do it though, just gotta watch how you hold the shovel.

Spot on Garry, never ever put your arm or a shovel in a mixer, very dodgy unless you’re looking to loose a hand or arm. And whacking the bead, not too clever.

If anything gets caught it doesn't stop, broken wrist/arm or worse still, limb removal.

@@ricos1497 can twist and break your arm if the shovel or your hand gets caught. That being said I’ve done it many times and as long as you pay attention you’re fine

Jeyes Fluid all day long

15% sodium hypochlorite from ebay. Just household bleach but much stronger

Agreed, and looks like ground levels have been raised too

If you are building steps, thats the only time you are allowed to breach dpc.

You should leave an air gap all along the back from 2 below dpc and really steps should be on an independent footing rather than built on paving

And if you want a decent job expect to pay for it. Perfection doesn't come cheap.

All natural stone is porous. It isn't an issue.

get over yourself.

He sprays the air to keep the dust down. I've never in 20 years seen HSE on domestic jobs like this although that's no reason to cut corners.

There’s an answer further down in the comments.

What, grey? Mainly cloudy isn't it???

It should be. Some people use PVA but SBR is way better

@@SkillBuilder Is it not supposed to be mixed with cement to make a slurry, or have i been wasting my time with that?

Depending on the porosity of the slab it should be a mix of SBR and cement. Stone like Brazilian slate definitely needs it otherwise the slabs won't bond.

@@Xaltae Putting it on wet like that just before you lay it means it will mix with the mortar and you have your slurry.

@@SkillBuilder never heard of that one before 😅 sbr always mixed with Cement beforehand then rolled/ brushed on . Or even better buy the proper slurry mix in bags and knock it up with water 👍🏻

Electricians are desperate to learn how to use this equipment but their code of practice prohibits it.

There should be a law against it

you have your good and your whackers. And your waxed and polished in a box for the best.

@@UberAlphaSirus is a man really a man if he has no unlevel levels?

A definite no no when I was at college a long time ago but now bricklayers levels are built to take a bit of gentle tapping.

If there are females on site we will film them but we won't bus them in to satisfy a diversity quota. We are not the RAF.

@@SkillBuilder Or the BBC . . .

Maybe get out more

in england. piss off

That’s what the hosepipes for

Should have a guy with a bucket catching the sparks innit

This wasn't a job that I attended so I thought it best to leave the pictures to do the talking. Judging by the number of unsubscribes on my last video there are lots of people out there who think I should keep quiet permanently. 😃

@@SkillBuilder Fair enough Roger, don't worry about the fickle types, your channel is great for me, a working handyman as a career change/hustle thing.. : )

@@westonsunset Thanks Mark. I am not worried because I go out of my way to provoke so I am fair game. I just think a video that doesn't involve me in any way is kind of liberating.

Always a Doris about to put 'er 5p's worth in.🤣🤣🤣

@@SkillBuilder 🤣 keep the commentarys coming,Roger

What???

Random Indian sandstone, !!!!!! It like wood chip wallpaper it’s had its day a long long time ago

Random Indian sandstone, !!!!!! It like wood chip wallpaper it’s had its day a long long time ago

The application suits the property. Not everyone wants the tiled look. Although it has its merits and probably easier to lay. The riven surface of Indian sandstone can be a pain to get right. Because its a natural product you get high points where you don't want them but you can chip them down before the jointing stage because the colour goes right through.

Monkey see, mokey do and it works in any language