r.p.mcmurphy wrote:

hi all, i am looking for advice in how to lay a stepping stone type path way
for my garden. i am hoping to use reclaimed yorkstones or similar and to
have them at a level of the base other the grass so i can drive my mower
over them whilst cutting the grass. i have a pal who has a wacker plate and
i was thinking of just running the plate over the area i am going to path
and removing the turf to match the stones shape and dropping the stone in.
is this ok...or is it gonna be a lot more work?

Steve


Depends on what yuour soil is like. The 'pukka' job would involve going
down deeper and making up a bed of sharp sand with maybe 10% ecment
thrown in to stop it washing away. This ensures the load is spread
evenly over the soil. You can make oversize holes and tamp down to
frgrass level wioth a rubber mallet, and then fill around the edges with
scrap turf.

In very unstable soil a real substrate of hardcore or crushed limestine
will make a base you can drive a truck over.

I'm on clay here, and simply laying slabs was OK for a while, but
ultimately they ended up sagging and crooked. So I went overkill last
year with deep substrates and sand. It's a bit of a decision as to how
much your soil will compact, and how long you want the things there.