Steve wrote:

Does anybody have any experience of laying slabs like these? Any
advice
or tips to help me survive this job would be very welcome.

It's of no help at all, but my father always maintains that there is
an inverse to the phrase "laying slabs" because you spend more time
lifting the damn things than laying them...

Mungo :-)

P.S. Can I claim first the phrase "cash ebb" which is the
reality instead of "cash flow"?