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diy paving slabs vs diy gravel bound resin pavement

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  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    KT53 said:
      Concrete laid in small sections at a time is likely to look a mess and to crack.
    I beg to differ, having done it quite a number of times. The whole point of shuttering it permanently is to stop it cracking. Trying to do a big area is far more difficult to get looking presentable.
    In our last house where we'd done a patio this way, the buyer's surveyor thought it was flagstones.
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  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    KT53 said:
      Concrete laid in small sections at a time is likely to look a mess and to crack.
    I beg to differ, having done it quite a number of times. The whole point of shuttering it permanently is to stop it cracking. Trying to do a big area is far more difficult to get looking presentable.
    In our last house where we'd done a patio this way, the buyer's surveyor thought it was flagstones.
    I meant when done by somebody who isn't experienced in concrete laying.
  • thank you all for your guidance and advice i think i have a lot to organise :)
  • There are quite a few products on the market  which stabilise gravel so it can be used for wheelchairs.  Just Google gravel paths and wheelchair for example. They are some sort of grid or mesh which holds the gravel in place to make a firm surface.I've seen it used once on one of those garden transformation programmes  but you would need to research how effective it is. Think it's is something  you could probably  do yourself. 
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