Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Tips/ guide to laying brick edging 4Jul 22, 2018 7:26 pm trimum So what steel would you recommend to use and do you put that down first then the mortar on top. I was thinking of pea gravel first then mortar but I’m concerned with movement too You would be laying down a reinforced concrete footing, so you add reinforcing steel in a similar way you would for a slab. Just be careful with building stability during construction, that is when the structure may be weakened, refer to your engineering drawings for stability methodology. 1 7199 I'm about to put down some Merbau. Is it necessary to oil underneath the boards before laying? 0 1920 Hey There. No problems re jumping in. My original question was "should I have waterproofed" the concrete slab before putting batons down. We have been told we should… 7 4313 |