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[domiles1]

I've got to pull some trees up, dig the roots up and I want to lay a block drive. How deep should I dig and what layers of what should I use before the blocks?

[chris12121212]

[quote="domiles1"]I've got to pull some trees up, dig the roots up and I want to lay a block drive. How deep should I dig and what layers of what should I use before the blocks?[/quote]100mm of hardcore then 75mm of sand please make sure you wack your hardcore

[elwood]

200 mm type 1 consolidated stone,
30-50 mm sharp sand again consolidate before screeding off,
plus depth of paving.

lay paving 10mm proud silver sand and then wack all over
then re sand.

[TheDoctor5]

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