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Paving pushing up because of the hot and super dry weather
I would love to hear if anyone has had an experience of paving being pushed up because of the hot and dry weather this summer. We have had a number of patios where this has become a problem (a couple we laid ourselves and quite a few more where another landscaper has laid the patio. )All our patios have been laid with 100mm subbase layer and then laid on a full sand/cement bed. the back of the paving has been primed (infact most of the slabs are still stuck to the sand/cement base)One patio was…
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