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We've done a decent enough job on our patio but I have a couple of flags
i'm not happy with. The flags are on a solid bed of mortar. They need lifting on one side by just a few mm, i'm wondering if i'd be better using some sort of adhesive/filler for this than adding a thin wedge of extra mortar. Opinions please. |
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On 09/06/2021 19:16, R D S wrote:
We've done a decent enough job on our patio but I have a couple of flags i'm not happy with. The flags are on a solid bed of mortar. They need lifting on one side by just a few mm, i'm wondering if i'd be better using some sort of adhesive/filler for this than adding a thin wedge of extra mortar. Opinions please. Oh dear. You might not get them up easily. If you can, any old thing will do I should think. Even earth as long as no stones in it. Sand? They ain't going to escape the force of gravity.... |
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On 09/06/2021 19:16, R D S wrote:
We've done a decent enough job on our patio but I have a couple of flags i'm not happy with. The flags are on a solid bed of mortar. Mortar that has set? Or, you've just laid them? They need lifting on one side by just a few mm, i'm wondering if i'd be better using some sort of adhesive/filler for this than adding a thin wedge of extra mortar. Opinions please. |
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On 09/06/2021 19:34, GB wrote:
On 09/06/2021 19:16, R D S wrote: We've done a decent enough job on our patio but I have a couple of flags i'm not happy with. The flags are on a solid bed of mortar. Mortar that has set? Or, you've just laid them? A perimeter one was off to the point where I knew i'd want to redo it so i lifted it before the mortar had gone off. Another i've noticed since is internal, if it's stuck down it can stay,I reckon when they're pointed I can forgive that one. Flagging is yet another job i'd do differently next time! Nearly 50 and still learning. |
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On 09/06/2021 19:16, R D S wrote:
We've done a decent enough job on our patio but I have a couple of flags i'm not happy with. The flags are on a solid bed of mortar. They need lifting on one side by just a few mm, i'm wondering if i'd be better using some sort of adhesive/filler for this than adding a thin wedge of extra mortar. Opinions please. Is the cat happy? If so leave as it is. They are going to be *******s to lift. -- Adam |
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On 09/06/2021 20:51, ARW wrote:
Is the cat happy? We think so but he has 'resting bitch face', it's hard to tell. If so leave as it is. They are going to be *******s to lift. One is lifted, if I can't get the other up, it can stay put. I had a poltergeist style dream last night, I was walking on them and they were rocking, then the ground beneath collapsed and it all went to ****. I'm obviously obsessed. I need help. |
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No it might eventually crack it I'd suggest. How come its wobbly?
Brian -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "R D S" wrote in message ... We've done a decent enough job on our patio but I have a couple of flags i'm not happy with. The flags are on a solid bed of mortar. They need lifting on one side by just a few mm, i'm wondering if i'd be better using some sort of adhesive/filler for this than adding a thin wedge of extra mortar. Opinions please. |
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On 09/06/2021 21:56, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
No it might eventually crack it I'd suggest. How come its wobbly? Brian It's not wobbly it just has a bit of a lean on after settling. |
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On 09/06/2021 21:06, R D S wrote:
On 09/06/2021 20:51, ARW wrote: Is the cat happy? We think so but he has 'resting bitch face', it's hard to tell. If so leave as it is. They are going to be *******s to lift. One is lifted, if I can't get the other up, it can stay put. I had a poltergeist style dream last night, I was walking on them and they were rocking, then the ground beneath collapsed and it all went to ****. I'm obviously obsessed. I need help. Well if you need to glue one in place without any space for a mortar bed, then the ester bonding resins will do the job permanently while also allowing a little packing out / gap filling: https://www.toolstation.com/fischer-...n-resin/p52788 -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote
No it might eventually crack it I'd suggest. Unlikely, but adhesive/filler/car body filler is easier. How come its wobbly? He ****ed up laying it. "R D S" wrote in message ... We've done a decent enough job on our patio but I have a couple of flags i'm not happy with. The flags are on a solid bed of mortar. They need lifting on one side by just a few mm, i'm wondering if i'd be better using some sort of adhesive/filler for this than adding a thin wedge of extra mortar. Opinions please. |
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On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:10:47 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: No it might eventually crack it I'd suggest. Unlikely LOL -- Kerr-Mudd,John addressing the auto-contradicting senile cretin: "Auto-contradictor Rod is back! (in the KF)" MID: |
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On 09/06/2021 21:06, R D S wrote:
On 09/06/2021 20:51, ARW wrote: Is the cat happy? We think so but he has 'resting bitch face', it's hard to tell. If so leave as it is. They are going to be *******s to lift. One is lifted, if I can't get the other up, it can stay put. I had a poltergeist style dream last night, I was walking on them and they were rocking, then the ground beneath collapsed and it all went to ****. I'm obviously obsessed. I need help. As others have said, it's not easy lifting internal paving stones / flags. I know as I've tried it, and it takes a lot of patience as well as time. It can be done but it's a bitch if it's not level the first time. |
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