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Next door neighbours are having an extension done in the process they have had to build us a new utility building and small patch of patio with concrete.
Today I asked the builder what he would charge to concrete 2.5m x 3.5m (patch of grass) so as to match the new bit of patio they had to do, he reckons about £300/£350 he will dig down 3 to 4 inches and lay the concrete on the earth and use the unwanted soil next door for their new patio (add height).
I thought you had to but some sort of rubble down before the concrete, he reckons its fine for such a small area as there wont be any weight on it...
Thoughts ? being taken for a ride ?
Personally I'd be putting down 75-100mm of crush n' run, compacting it with a wacker and then pouring the concrete.
Price sounds about right for the concrete, £100 ish for the first cube and then about £45 to £60 per cube after that
that was the price quoted including laying it
I've laid a shed base using 3" of screed on top of a weed proof membrane, on top of bare earth. Lasted 10+ years before I moved the shed to built the workshop.
Remember, laying a shed is like laying a bloke. Do it right the first time and you can walk over it for years.
IGMC 😳
I think it depends up one the earth you've got. If its clay and firm I think you'll be ok laying it straight on.
i dug down 40cm this eve after the earth is clay (north london clay !)
As Steve-b77
I would remove vegetable matter and put down an compact 75-100mm of Type 1(£34+VAT for a Maxi bag). Remove any soft spots.
laying on top of subsoil should be ok, especially if its clay. on top of earth not so much.
[i]in the process they have had to build us a new utility building...[/i]
*hopes his neighbours decide they want an extension*
wwaswas - Memberin the process they have had to build us a new utility building...
*hopes his neighbours decide they want an extension*
we havent been in our garden the whole summer most of our patio was broken up to make way for foundations...so in exchange for all this we got a new utility building (as they knocked the old one down) patio and full building rights off the new party wall which is transferable to the new owners should we move I tbh I could have done without all the stress !
and will someone think of the children been locked up all summer with no garden ! 😆