Master Patio Levelling: DIY Guide Using Only a Level 🏡📏

"Discover the secrets to mastering patio levelling with our DIY guide using only a level! 🏡📏 In this video, we'll show you how to achieve a perfectly level patio surface with just a single tool. Follow along as we demonstrate the techniques and tips that will make your patio project a breeze. If you enjoyed our previous video, "Elevate Your Space: Porcelain Feature Wall & Dry-Stack Installation Guide 🌟🧱", you'll love this one too! Don't forget to like 👍, comment 💬, and subscribe 🔔 to our channel for more amazing DIY home improvement content!"

[@robertofigliola4963]

Loving the music, your old clubber you! Brings me back 🤪 Top job as always 👍😀

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Definitely a old raver 🕺 I’m going again in a couple of weeks to timeflies in Cardiff 🤪👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@seanmcgrath9167]

@@tidybrickslandscaping you should come upto leeds warehouse in afew weeks xx

[@spideybrent]

Hello from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. Thanks for sharing your great video’s please keep them coming.

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Thanks Brent glad you’re enjoying my videos so far away 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@PaulSpencerImages2012]

Fantastic Job because of you I have been able to finish my patio area 😀👍

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

That’s great news Paul I love it when I hear that 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@PaulSpencerImages2012]

@@tidybrickslandscaping I would show you a picture if you could upload on here but not possible, all I can say is that with your advice and knowledge I was able to take something from scratch, dig it out build a retaining wall and lay porcelain slabs, so on the days you don't feel like doing all this, just keep going and inspire people.

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

@@PaulSpencerImages2012 such kind words Paul and it is fun inspiring people I get so many emails every day when I’ve helped them out feel good thanks again for watching 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@simonhodges9547]

Been watching u for a bit..Great tips..I'm a ground worker (site lol) started a private job today doing tiles..went down great so far

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Thanks Simon I’m glad it’s working well for you all the best moving forward👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@marcovianwd]

Artist at work in my opinion! Great job!

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Thanks mate thanks for watching as well 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@MrNichols23]

Top video and top music,,, straight to the point! Top job!!

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Thanks Nicholas glad you enjoyed the video much appreciated 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@yoramsadot4166]

@@tidybrickslandscaping you are simply the best we like more music because the job is very stressful

[@neutralcorner5950]

Liked the hole in the bucket 🪣 idea! 👍🏻

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

It was one of those eureka moments 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@1919micky]

Great trades man, its great what a 6ft level an a good eye an brain can do.Great to watch

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Couldn’t agree with you more thanks for watching John 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Stunl3y]

Im so glad to hear this im about to lay mine and im paranoid about getting my falls right

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Just make sure the water is running away from the house and level parallel with the house there’s not much more to it than that 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Stunl3y]

@@tidybrickslandscaping thanks for taking time to reply

[@neilprendergast1312]

Great tip using the spirit level to check the depth of your mortar bed for the next tile I’ll be using that tomorrow. Thank you

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Nice one Neil I’m glad some of these tips pay off 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@neilprendergast1312]

@@tidybrickslandscaping worked a treat - thank you

[@themotivatedgardenergarden7822]

You brought us a fantastic patio again special shout out to the wingers lol With the progressive house music i thought we see more dad dancing stay well

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

I honestly totally forgot I did mean to do it but I just slipped my mind ! it’s going to be a done thing and happen more often just for the hell of it 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@AlexA-zg7mq]

Great job! Looks perfect. No one does the wiggle wiggle like tidy bricks lol

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Cheers Alex everybody do the WIGGLE 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@viankalobosvalenzuela7456]

Le quedo muy hermoso el trabajo del patio felicitaciones saludos desde Chile 💖💖💖💖🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Thx I guess 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@yoramsadot4166]

Hello Scott anader beautiful job you are amazing. No hart felling i just can't be as good as you

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Keep at it my friend and one day you’ll be really good to 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@FredWilbury]

Way to go I’m inspired to start mine and the sound track yes sir old guy loves this

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Thanks Will wilbury glad you enjoyed the video and might find useful for yourself diy project 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@yoramsadot4166]

It most be very exhausting the way you put your heart and soul on avry job

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

I’ve put my heart and soul into every job 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Primal_trees]

Outstanding 👍🏻

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Thanks a lot 😊👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@neilsmart78]

Mint patio as always Scott 👌🏻👌🏻

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Thanks Neil glad you enjoyed the new video feature wall next 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@bootsmclaughlin1438]

When your good your good 👍 Lovin the tunes

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Gotta love those tunes old school raver that’s me 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@bootsmclaughlin1438]

@@tidybrickslandscaping now your talkin.. up the ravers

[@Mr_Cholmondley_Warner]

I don’t mind the chatter. Patio looks lovely, nice and neat.

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Thanks mate much appreciated we need to chat to understand 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Dazmpower]

Just found your channel and really useful

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Glad to hear it! 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@manccyclist]

That choon is a BanGer ✨️

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Top tune 🎶 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@shotokanman1]

Very good 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🙏

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Glad you liked it 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@stevevw34]

Lovely as ever lad 👍👍👍 And whoever Said you talk to much I say( feck ) off 😂😂😂 Irish term

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Nice one Stevie sounds like you’re on my side 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 feck em 🤣

[@craigstyrin3453]

Hi scot, them hammers you use is a halder simplex i think, just bought a extra soft one. Absolutely class hammer, i love it! Done my first porcelain job today on a raised patio in a glass room. Its bloody hard work with just a 9” grinder and a 4” grinder, in this heat too🥵😂

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Thanks for the information I have currently bought myself a new one same make it’s working well so far I’m congratulations on completing your first porcelain patio in a stinking hot glass room 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@grahammarkhorn]

beautiful job as always.....I personally dont mind the talking but dont get me started on the dancing lol.

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

I really wish I put some dancing in it now 🕺👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@grahammarkhorn]

Go on I'd watch anyway 😁

[@gilespanton9354]

Love the time lap but I enjoy your talking its part of it mate also love the dance music lol

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Thanks Giles much appreciated and I’m glad we’ve got the same taste in music 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@BillTangy]

Top stuff as always 👌

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Thanks again for watching much appreciated 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@brickrightbuildinglandscaping]

Nice job mate i use more levels than string lines especially on a random pattern. Cracking job . Justin Brickright 👍

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Random pattern is really hard with a string line keep moving it all the time gets annoying 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@brickrightbuildinglandscaping]

Agree totally Scott. I want your chair looks lush mate 🤣🤣👍

[@paulf2529]

I don't often bother with string, I laser my sub base so its nice and accurate then lay with a six foot level. Personally this is the quickest method especially if I have a laborer mixing and moving paving.

[@robwatson1092]

How much fall did you put on this, just starting my patio for the first time

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

1/60 is the right gauge but 1:80 is also fine 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@fireblaster9961]

Looks like a proper job but you do like a big bed of mortar

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Travis Perkins were supposed to of dropped off 2 bulk bags of sharp sand and 1 stone dust but I had 3 sand and no time to change it so I cracked on took a bit longer and cost a bit more but shit happens got to keep going. Thanks for Watching 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@mattpashley5493]

Hello mate, great looking pattern on this patio do you know the name of the pattern

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

absolutely no idea I forgot the day I left lol 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@mattpashley5493]

Lol ok

[@darrenpritchett5294]

It's about time you put a new video on its been weeks, you obviously had some success on tinder and bagged yourself a lady, good video 👍

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Thanks Darren and the next video again will be the feature wall from a previous patio several months ago with the deco border and yeh tinder rocks 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@latitudeash]

Hard work, but you get a grade A for that job 👍🏼

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Thanks latitude glad you enjoyed the job mate 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@darrenjoyce2475]

Absolutely brilliant job mate ! Well done 👏 more importantly where did you get that chair from ? I could do with 1 of them after a days work! Brilliant 😂👍

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

eBay it cost me a grand well worth investing 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@who727]

Brilliant work again mate , all the talking helps me learn so carry on mate , I've got a job were its pure clay , how much type 1 would you put down and how much cement would you lay the tiles , keep up the good work

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Clay is a great base as it’s compact and strong so if it’s a patio the regular 100mm mot would be plenty and the cement base minimum 30mm and up. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@shaun...6838]

Lovely job mate👏👏

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Thanks mate glad you enjoy the video 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@nickaf5262]

Better than that Jonny boy of green top landscapes 👍

[@bobcharlie7982]

Is it a competition? Johnny boy is an absolute pro. Top quality He actually knows what hes doing

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Nothing against Johnny he knows his stuff too shame I’ve never meet him yet as he lives relatively close 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and yeh thx 🙏

[@bobcharlie7982]

@@tidybrickslandscaping both quality landscapers. It was a weird comment making it seem like a competition! Hahah

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

@@bobcharlie7982 here’s a fella whose at his top of his game another Marshall’s installer my mate Matty nice fella 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@KeithWhittingham]

Would it be worth putting down a rebar grid and concreting on top of that to give the foundations a bit more stability?

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Not needed a flexible bed is fine it’s only foot traffic 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@BadHorsie1]

What was the sub base? Compacted MOT type 1?

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Correct 100mm worth compacted in 50mm levels 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@robbieroche6779]

loving the 90s beats

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Thank you Robbie glad you enjoy the music plenty more 90s beats coming up 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@sprre3899]

Hi, I think I’m gonna try do my own patio, it’s a small area. Is it the height of the sub base that should be two bricks below dpc or the height of the finished patio that should be two bricks below dpc?

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Finished patio height is 2 bricks below that’s 150mm 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@sprre3899]

@@tidybrickslandscaping Hello from Ceredigion, love your videos. You make it look easy. I hope your new business plan works for you.

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

@@sprre3899 cheers buddy my latest project is almost done keep a eye out 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@sprre3899]

@@tidybrickslandscaping Will do 👍

[@carlsiddorn3340]

Outstanding mate

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Thanks Carl glad you enjoy the video mate like and subscribe 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@barrydoherty636]

Is that building sand & cement? What's the mix? Great video, well done.

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

5 to 1 ratio building sand and a little squirt of fairy liquid every time 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@keithwebb658]

Looks good! The devil is in the detail like around the steps and hand rail and the side gate transition to original paving.

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

All panned out well in the end 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@matthewhardman3320]

Amazing 👍👍

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

All done with a spirit level 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@johnboy82760]

Great video. I am currently about to do a patio in my back garden. I have a slope coming from garden towards my driveway. Doesn't run down to my house. Would I level off the slope at the bottom with type 1 or just add more mortar mix as I go down the slope? I am leaning towards laying more type 1 and leveling it up a little. Also what is best ratio for mortar mix as I've seen mixed ratios

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Hi john thanks for watching and it sounds like it needs tweaking a bit so best problem solver is stone dust as we say down here basically 10mm to dust easy to move great for levelling just needs compaction with a sprinkle of water so it compacts 4/1 sharp sand mix 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@LisaSargent03]

I noticed you have a step down to the garden area. I am disabled (one leg and a blind brother) and I need a flattish patio area laid and have tried three times to get the fall away from the shed which is north but the real fall of the garden is east to west. I am now going to dig out all the sand that we tried to lay the slabs onto and put in a proper sub base, but I still don't know how to work the fall out coming from the shed to the north to meet up with the grass to the south when the fall is left to right, not top to bottom as the path, which is north to south in drop, has been laid. If you understand what I mean. Everyone I have asked does not want to know because they don't want to deal with a half assed job that was not finished properly the first time around.

[@paulf2529]

Take up everything then either remove sub base or add sub-base to get your levels and falls correct. Worth hiring a laser level to work out your falls etc and get everything set out properly.

[@LisaSargent03]

@@paulf2529 How far down do I have to go for the patio? The old footpath is still there, so I can just go over the top of that like the guy did before, but the patio is the problem as it needs to meet the fall in the path and meet the lowest part of the grass.

[@paulf2529]

@@LisaSargent03 for a decent job you want about 100mm -150mm of compacted type one then about 50mm of bed mix to set the paving on plus the thickness of whatever paving your laying.

[@LisaSargent03]

@@paulf2529 Thanks. I will try and do my best.

[@seanmcgrath9167]

@@paulf2529 150mm a bit OTT for a pedestrian patio

[@keithwebb658]

If you're laying heavily riven slabs what extra tools do you use to get a perfect finish regarding falls and levels?

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Tough call I hate riven slabs they’re cheap as to get a perfect finish that’s pretty much impossible the only thing I could say would be if you had a 600 x 600 for instance one end was lumpy and the other end was shallow put the lumpy end at the top regarding levels 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@connorfenn1614]

Do you have any videos on how to retain a raised patio? I want to have a step up onto the patio.

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Try this one 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@connorfenn1614]

Which one?

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

@@connorfenn1614 oops kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ7SnJZom7Obh5Y

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Same one but from the start

[@bennicholas4178]

Hiya mate cracking job how are you cutting the tiles disc cutter with a diamond blade on it ?

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

15.52 has my table saw in the frame but didn’t really show it sorry 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@andrewleach1323]

As we say in the building he’s got an eye like a stinking eel which means natural ability

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Stinking eel ffs 😂 thanks 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@andrewleach1323]

Been building 35 years love to see someone with natural ability great video I worked in the cotswolds must a local phrase

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

@@andrewleach1323 it sounds like a great saying I love it eye like a stinking eel 🥳 I’m not sure you seen this video porcelain driveway I finished in February kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHycc4WCi6aVh7M

[@lmilne4859]

Lovely job Scott do you ever do these sizes just random with no set pattern ? Find a lot of these companies do have porcelain working into a 5mm joint for the sizes to fit back to the 900mm slab.

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

I did used to do random patterns but I find it easier to do set patterns mostly because less chance of long straight joint and over use of certain tiles and yes always 5mm joints 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@lmilne4859]

@@tidybrickslandscaping Nice 1 Scott yeah done a similar pattern to that in past but normally do them random. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

@@lmilne4859 One of my first set patterns I did halfway through late one wrong tile didn’t realise kept going noticed it said fuck it and continued the best I could 😏

[@lmilne4859]

@@tidybrickslandscaping Haha all you can do buddy. Love your work it’s top notch. See a lot of theses manufacturers not allowing for the 5mm joint. Mean Indian sandstone or limestone working with 8-10mm joint so can sweeten it in don’t notice but will on a straight tile. Always thought the 3 other sizes should work back into the biggest slab which is normally your 900mmx600mm.

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

@@lmilne4859 this might be helpful for you it’s from Marshalls create a account take you five minutes and it has patterns for certain size tiles very useful 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@larry1363]

Thanks for the video Mr Tidy. I'm laying my patio but I noticed at times when I hammer my slab down to create a fall the opposite side of the slab moves or raises up. How I can I stop this occurring?

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

I guess at the point I’d 50/50 it to compensate for the rise and fall 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@andrewhay5869]

What type of sub base is that please? The mot I get has massive stones in it that makes it really hard to compact down sometimes but that stuff looks nice

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

I normally finish off using stone dust on top of the MOT to get a nice flatter surface 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@goodman8498]

Hi what size spacers do you use for porcelain patio thanks

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Always 5 mm for porcelain 10 mm for natural stone hope that helps 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@paullee7508]

Tidy... I'm nicking the bucket trick..

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Works every time 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@carljordan2388]

Great music

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Glad you like my music taste 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Warrior020610]

Top work mate, will be doing my garden next year potentially with these porcelain tiles. What grout did you use as Marshall don’t supply them on a project pack. 👍🏼

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

I’ve noticed that lately as I’m getting charged for it normally it came with the tiles and the primer c\\\s 😝 and the grout is the marshalls exterior jointing grout it’s like a slurry been using it today and it can be stressful to say the least 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@craigstyrin3453]

Class job mate! What mallet do you use pal?

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Actually that mallet it’s almost broken off I need to buy a new one there are many can’t decide which is best myself 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@craigstyrin3453]

@@tidybrickslandscaping im using a double sided crappy cheap ox one but i like the finer tools in life. Hultafors brick hammers are quality but im unsure on the paving mallets😬😂

[@stanwizz2351]

Great job, what grout do use for this job?

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Marshalls exterior jointing grout slurry pretty complicated stuff but very effective 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@jonh2469]

A Great watch

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Nice one Jon thanks for watching mate much appreciated 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@jonh2469]

@@tidybrickslandscaping pleasure watching it come them coming. Better than tv

[@AA-qk7zm]

Hi mate love your vids, my builder is starting work on my patio this weekend and hes made me order building sand and stone dust he said he is going to use a 2 2 1 ratio which is 2 building sand 2 stone dust 1 cement is that sufficent would appreciate if you could reply Thanka mate

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Hi mate as for your ratios I normally use 4 sharp sand 1 cement hope that helps 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@themotivatedgardenergarden7822]

Scott your Halder hammer what mm is yours THANKS

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

My mallet is actually broken at the moment I have looked for others some just look cheap but nothing yet don’t know what make that one it is anyway 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@barrydoherty636]

What are you priming with?

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

That was a marshals primer my favourite 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@alexevans4670]

Have you ever tried 100mn x 50mn x 3mm aluminium? instead of a string line. Think it can be faster in some situations and you don't have too worries about the line sagging

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Never thought about using that maybe I might in the future 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@oxymoron5167]

That’s what I use, a 3 meter box section. You can get up to 6 meter aluminium straight edges I believe.

[@seanmurphy6196]

Great work as usual tidy👍 Just wana ask a few questions if that’s ok. I just can’t make my mind up on which patio I i want as it’s going to be close to 95sqm I am worried about the product. Does having your porcelain from Marshall’s really matter as it seems double the price? Im thinking in my head the old saying you in the trade is you pay for what you get and I don’t want to skimp and get the wrong product. Apologies for the questions but I’ve also seen another one of your videos as I watch them all! But the Marshall’s symphony classic grey looks really similar to this one being laid which is the Marshall’s arrento silver just wana know what’s the difference as they really do look the same and vary in price? Thanks again Sean

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Good point Sean a lot of them do look similar and can vary in price this does come down too the arrento don’t give you the primer or grout so it’s cheap that’s that reason I believe I did query the other day about something similar to check. The only product that sticks out in my mind is the natural stone called towngate £30 it’s exactly the same look as the versuro £60 for half the price. I have used other companies products that are cheaper but they chip much easier as they are only cooked for half the time Marshalls cook their products for and there lies your strength in the tile. Check out London stone they have some great porcelain products Hope this helps Sean good luck mate 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@jakesjacob1187]

Fair enough pal

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Hopefully you enjoyed the video 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@timmurphy8398]

Hi buddy whats your mixing ratio,do u butter tiles

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

4 to 1 sharp sand mix back of the tile slurry primed so yes double butter 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@paullush4647]

Why did you use such a thick mortar bed?

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Travis Perkins were supposed to bring 2 bulk bags of sharp sand one bag of stone dust the delivery came no stonedust and three sharp sand so fuck it bigger bed couldn’t wait for new delivery 🙄👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@seanmcgrath9167]

scott what did you use that time when you tiled the front of them steps? what adhesive?

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Every time stuff like that Marshalls primer at hand comes with the tiles. Tried pavetuff the other day I don’t think that would be good enough as it was gritty 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@seanmcgrath9167]

@@tidybrickslandscaping been using pavetuf slurry all this week. when it settles it leaves a load of brownish sand at the bottom. to be fair on it though we had to lift a tile the next day on thursday that had dropped and it took some shiftine and came up with 100mm of mot attached. ive got some tiles to stick to a brick faced step what gear do you reccomend ?

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

@@seanmcgrath9167 that’s good to know then with the pavetuff maybe it should be fine with up stands then ? I just like the creamy stuff but it should work still

[@seanmcgrath9167]

how long did it take you to lay them on your own scott?

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

4 days not to bad my labourer has got a new job so I’m a man down but that job was fine along just a bit boring on my own. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@seanmcgrath9167]

@@tidybrickslandscaping thats good going mate.

[@estatesrates5320]

Is it possible to install 1/4 inch porcelain outdoors?

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

20mm for outside smaller for inside 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@1spiders1]

Hi mate, my landscaper used a fall where the bubble is touching the line, and it roughly works out 37mm fall over 6M is that ok ? Will it still look and feel flat and not sloping?

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Just after the line is better but the best test is a bucket of water and watch what it does hope that helps 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@1spiders1]

@@tidybrickslandscaping so just on the line will be much flatter but possibly wont drain aswell?

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

@@1spiders1 see what happens when it rains or put the hose on it 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@1spiders1]

@@tidybrickslandscaping im not asking if the water will drain, im asking on that fall over 6M will it look Flat?

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

@@1spiders1 it’ll look flatter than of it was past the line yeh.

[@stevie12]

fab ulous

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Thanks Stevie much appreciated mate 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@villaman2261]

What mix are you using?

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

4/1 sharp sand mix 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@chriswhitehead8746]

Hi man hope your well. Do you do jobs out side of home town ??

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Very rarely there’s enough work here around the Cardiff area 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@chriswhitehead8746]

@@tidybrickslandscaping theres job coming up in Manchester denton front side and rear Gardens doing in Indian stone probably about 80 s.m

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

@@chriswhitehead8746 I wish you all the best on it 😜👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@tigercoatings7092]

Dose your body hurt next day after lay a patio 🤔

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Not really I’m well trained in strength and stamina plus I’m a sucker for a bad back now and then 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@regwatts]

How long did that take you ?

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

About 6 days on my own not to bad 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@regwatts]

@@tidybrickslandscaping you smashed it m8.. Brilliant..!

[@keithwebb658]

If you make a mistake in the pattern, do you ever cut a false grout line or is that cheating 😁 - less chance of chipping because you're not going deep 😁

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Yep I’m with you in that 👍 in the states they call it a Hollywood joint FAKE I picked that up from them when I lived in California years back bricklaying over there 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@jasondirkse217]

Also it's not that easy to use just a level on a big floor like this if you don't know what you doing ,your straight edge should be atleast 3m long so you can get proper lenght ,because if you use a level like in this video it only covers a certain length but when you reach the lenght of the end of the level to where it can reach the tile and you continue on you should have something longer to reach then over that whole line or at least close to so you can check if you don't have any dips under the level .it's nothing to have something level but you should check your level underneath aswell to see if there is any gaps.

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Been doing it long enough to know what I’m capable of. There is many ways 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@jasondirkse217]

@@tidybrickslandscaping for sure ,great job

[@heenalp77]

Would you ever lay the slabs starting at the side of the patio furthest from the house and work up toward the house going ie against the fall (which in our case is supposed to run away from the house?) This is exactly what our contractor is doing right now with porcelain slabs. Having seen a number of your videos which always lay going away from the house I’m a bit worried about it. Thanks!

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Absolutely not you’re starting point is always relative to the dpc course the end point doesn’t matter yet plus you might end up with cuts against the house not good 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 hope this helps

[@heenalp77]

@@tidybrickslandscaping thanks! Why are cuts against the house bad? In their defence they have completely taken out the old patio, relayed a new reinforced concrete slab and have put in an extra layer of DPC course between the house and the new slab of concrete. I think they layer the slabs in this way because it’s a raised patio with about a 90 cm drop down to the grass level… I think they wanted the side facing out toward the garden to not have cuts so it would look nicer. Not sure if any of this makes it any better!

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

@@heenalp77 there is no need to have cuts right outside back of the house imagine the cut being small like 45mm or less it would look odd and possibly be out of square too small cut one end bigger cut the other end.. I can only say so much because I can’t see it so hard for me to answer properly without being there 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@liamsmith5083]

What mix do you use mate and what’s your chosen sand?

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

4 sharp sand 1 cement and a squirt of fairy in the mix 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@liamsmith5083]

Cheers mate. Gotta love the dancing too 😂

[@ozzygurung8303]

👍👌💪💪💪🍻🍻

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Nice one Ozzy glad you enjoyed it mate 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Stefcio86]

Again me in video is steps but what to do if there is no steps and I just want make one just under french door. I can't rise to much level up will see my neighbours toples in summer 😂 All ready make small retain wall and almost level rest off the garden but thast long story probably you have customers on new build houses how tehre is noce slightly slope amd garden is no usable

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Dunno how to answer that but topless neighbours are a good thing 👍🤩🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Gary-iy4oh]

Where the chair from

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Bought it off eBay £1000 my 50th birthday present treat to myself 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@jasondirkse217]

You know I see all you guys in U.K. do your outside tiling this way ,we in south africa first do the screed which is to get the whole floor the proper levels then we tile afterwards, not having to stress about dips in floor and also what about movement,where are the expansion joints? Also if tiles lift up you have to remove all the cement underneath as its not a continuous slab ,so you can't use it,also if client wants to maybe change the tiles he had to redo screed over and tiling which would be a waste of money. When you do screed first it allows you to make changes in tiling whenever you become tired of it then at least you have a solid slab and just have to replace tiles with less fuss and money. Just saying !!nothing against your work buddy !

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Good to here the way you do yours over there it’s similar the the USA then which makes us different which is good it would be boring if we were all the same. We’ll these are our regulations over here but if I wanted to do it the same as you guys I could I’m my own boss and can do what I like 👍 I’ve got another patio coming up maybe I’ll screed too 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@jasondirkse217]

@@tidybrickslandscaping great stuff mate,I also work for myself and also in the building trade, I do tiling ,waterproofing ,paving and roofing for past 20years.

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

@@jasondirkse217 if I was holidaying in South Africa one day I’ll give you a bell and work with you for a couple of days to experience your perspective 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@jasondirkse217]

@@tidybrickslandscaping for sure that be great.

[@jakesjacob1187]

As long as u use a lazer for levels and ther for after use a level how can that be winging it.....

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

I didn’t use a laser just a string line to check the base then just used my level after that. There was supposed to be a ton of stone dust on it before hand but Travis forgot that bag and that’s the reason for a bigger bed also I forgot to mention on the video 🙄👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@trevorpringle1480]

Another grey patio

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Thanks Trever glad you enjoyed the video mate 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@seanmcgrath9167]

tidy

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Tidy like 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@starkhorn2626]

you don't talk too much!

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

It’s good to talk 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@yoramsadot4166]

You are using so much semant even earth quick want break down your tail job

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

House more cement used than I wanted the ground level should’ve been higher 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@terribleclunt]

I've only ever seen those chairs in bachelor pads.

[@tidybrickslandscaping]

Never married no kids currently single bachelor pad it is 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿