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Laying Limestone Slabs

Posted by Marc on September 30, 2013 at 11:19pm in Landscaping

Hi all

Which would you say is best for the topic.

I have an adge to work too and its solid on one side but I will need to form a solid edge on the other, do I lay the slab on sand with a scalp base or a mortar bed.

Another question, how do I finish a stream bank edge to stop corrosion and also create the solid edge for the limestone slabs.

thanks

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  • Steve London Stone September 30, 2013 at 11:30pm
    Natural stone paving should always be laid on a compacted base of MOT type and a full bed of mortar. This stream does complicate things a bit. How close do you intend the patio to be to the stream and does the stream ever flood ??
    Could you post a picture?
    Steve
  • Marc October 1, 2013 at 7:33am

    Morning Steve

    The stream is man made which pumped and filtered, its for effect and we have a filter which has a by-pass pipe so it can't over fill or run dry.

    Images attached

  • Marc October 1, 2013 at 7:37am

    The area to the right of images 2 is to be slabbed around the BBQ, it leads down to the side entrance which is sloped

  • Steve London Stone October 2, 2013 at 8:38am

    Ahhh, a man made stream. That makes it much easier. You could probabrly get away with a concrete haunch to retain your sub base but if it was me I would put a footing in and then a course of concrete blocks as a retainer. Its belt and braces but it will provide the best long term solution against migration

  • Tony Huntbach October 5, 2013 at 1:52pm

    You need to be extremely careful when laying limestone. Certain "flavours" will react with OPC based bedding solutions and there is no work through other than lift and replace.

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