Laying Your Patio

The autumn is a good time to get on with any garden projects that you want to pursue. At this time of the year, doing work in the garden is not going to affect you spending time in it, and you can get everything ready for the spring, when you can get out and enjoy it once again.

One of the things that you might have in mind is laying a patio. A patio provides you with a great place to entertain and also to sit and relax, and you can use it to place seating on as well as for a barbeque. It can provide you with some balance to the garden and you can create a feature of it with pots and baskets with flowers in during the summer.

Laying a patio is something that you can do yourself, just make sure to plan well beforehand. Firstly, you will need to decide on the size and the location of your patio. Once you have decided on the area that you are going to be placing it in you can start to dig the ground. Around 1.5 cm is about right, the important thing is to ensure that it is the same depth throughout.

Once you have dug the space, you can then prepare the concrete. Get a local supplier like this concrete Cheltenham based company www.monstermixconcrete.co.uk/concrete-cheltenham/ to deliver it to you – make sure that you let them know the area that you want to cover to ensure that you have the right quantity.

You also need to think about the decorative effects on the patio – you may want to choose traditional stone slabs, or you might prefer tiles.