Browse Forums Paving & Concreting Re: Sandstone paving on concrete questions 2Mar 05, 2011 4:28 pm 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. Re: Sandstone paving on concrete questions 4Mar 05, 2011 8:42 pm 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. Re: Sandstone paving on concrete questions 6Mar 06, 2011 9:19 am 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. Re: Sandstone paving on concrete questions 10Mar 11, 2011 11:45 am Basically expansion joints on small ground slabs are to ensure that expansion of the slab does'nt affect the adjacent structures. The joints needs to be against any fixed structure such as house walls and any brick piers. If the slab is just finishing at the edge of the garden you could go over 20m without an expansion joint. Most paving slabs when I was younger (you don't see as much paving these days its all pavers or Bitumen) were laid on 5 dabs of mortar and levelled with a rubber mallet. If the paver is damp it won't take the moisture out of the mortar as fast which can help while 'adjusting it' with the mallet. If you haven't got a mallet (which I would recommend) use a lump hammer hitting a heavy lump of timber placed on the slab. 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. I had 28m2 of engineered pavers laid six months back and it was difficult to find someone not taking the pi$$. Internet suggested it should be $85-100/m2 to lay them.… 3 12413 As most others have posted above the install isn't compliant. The pipe is meant to be covered in loose soil or sand, the pipe has holes in it that leaks out a termicide… 10 5730 |