Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Oct 26, 2021 3:52 pm I'm working on the slab perimeter and am going to put in a 900mm gravel skirt around the house on top of some geofabric. I've got an ag-drain at about 900mm so I want to grade it from the slab to the ag drain. I've bought a hand tamper. The level around the slab is uneven so my question is how do you go about adding fill and tamping it. Do you just put more soil / clay in the depressions near the slab and simply tamp it on the slope/? Trying to work out if just the process of tamping is enough for the water to flow away or I need particular materials e.g. heavy clay. Am I just trying to ensure the water doesn't pool next to it, but it's always going to get some water soaking in and that's OK? Re: Hand tamping grade around slab edge. 2Oct 26, 2021 9:41 pm I would be using builders plastic rather than a geofabric and then stabiised sand (1 part cement to 20 parts sand) The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Hello everyone, After some suggestions and ideas about how to put a concrete path around the drop edge beam area on our new build. We are required to have a concrete path… 0 13798 Staircases and sausages. Should thou wish to keep thy palate sweet for sausages, avert thine eyes from their crafting. 14 5456 ![]() Interesting. You have great clearance to damp proof course all the way around which is rare with so many cowboy landscapers and concreters. Is there sufficient fall… 2 3302 |