Laying a Temporary Path
by MrZebra on Mar.01, 2009, under The House
The path from the drive is covered with big chunks of stone, “ankle breakers” as my mum calls them. She finally ran out of patience with them, and decided that we needed a temporary path.
A quick trip to the local builders’ yard yielded 20 concrete paving slabs at a cost of £1.60 each. The flags are 45x45cm.
The first step is to mark out where you want your path. Use a piece of string secured at both ends to ensure that it is straight.
Next, shovel down a bed of sand. Get it as level as you possibly can. Lay down the slab and stamp on it to get it bedded down and level. Continue until you have a path! The total time was about 2 hours, including going out to buy the slabs.
Remember that this is only temporary. For a more permanent path, you would want to lay them on cement, and spend a lot longer preparing the base.
