Patio

Wednesday, 19 September 2012

Patio

Patio

Common defects to patios

· Ponding it is were slabs are much lower then the over one next to it is higher up making it pond keeping they water in it flooding it up.

· Trips and falls can trip form the slab as its move resided up form overs making it move easy to trip and fall .

· Lose slabs this will make it more dangers coz if you have a patio and has a lip on they end and you set on it will slip and will come up form behind you

Tools

· Pointing trowl

· Brick trowl

· Level

· Pencil

· Pointer

· Dust sheet

· Bin

· Broom

· Bucket

· Tape

Materials

· Shape sand or builders sand £40(4 bags)

· Cement £10 (1 Bag)

· Water

· Patio slabs £ 25 (Per slab)

PPE

• Boots

• Goggles

• Gloves

• Dust mask

Quote

Limitations of patios

· Longevity – it’s difficult to match the lifespan of stone, since certain types of natural stone patios can last for centuries. Stone in almost any form (natural stone or premade products like brick and concrete pavers) is impervious to the weather and remains unaltered and beautiful through varying temperatures, storms and direct sunlight.

· Durability – stone can take heavy traffic, including the weight of furniture, outdoor kitchen equipment and foot traffic from crowds of friends and family. As long as the proper base is laid and you’ve installed high quality stone pavers, this surface will last through anything.

· Design Limitations – stone patios are only suitable for ground level applications. They must be installed onto a sand and gravel base, and do not allow you to make the most efficient use of a suburban yard. Installing a stone patio in a sloped yard requires excavation and retaining walls, whereas wooden decks can be built over any slope.

Risk assessment

· Cement getting in eyes

· Trips

· Falling objects

We shall put on the correct PPE to reduce the cement and other substances getting in eyes (goggles) then also for the falling objects shall be boots because if we dropping a slab on to foot if not wearing boots it will break your foot and to prevent trips clear soundings to make less of trips while moving materials then we will be working to the (HSE) standard and they health and safety act of 1974.

Method statement

Before we start on the patio we need to put our correct PPE on and keep safe after we shall start remove any damaged slabs and dispose them. We mixed up shape sand, cement and water to make a mix then identify were we need it and how much. Then we lay the mix on they floor of the area in dots we then put slabs on top and levelled then to the existing patio. After we then repointed joints to seal them up and made any finishing touches and plus clearance

Dear customer

We have inspected your patio and found out you need slabs replacing

We will get rid of the existing slabs and replace then with new ones

Then apply mortar mix to existing place of slabs and level

Then we will finish the last touches that needed to be done ( plus clearance)

Times

6 hours

Cost

The costs of all materials and job will coast £550 plus VAT

· Materials £200

· labour £25 per hr

· overhead (petrol, PPE,permit) £200

total cost £550