How to lay a porcelain patio slab

How I lay a porcelain patio slab including laying the bed, priming the slab and getting it down to the correct height. This video should help you when laying your own patio paving and will also act as a guide when laying other types of slabs.

[MarcusT]

Beautiful work and lovely footage buddy.

That mix looks so satisfying to work with!

[terryfincham]

thanks for the tips, im a plasterer by trade about to lay a patio at home so youtube is my friend atm 😊👍👍

[jonathanpattison]

good job I've found from experience using a plastering trowel is faster for spreading your bed and your adhesive

[richie]

Are you using sharp sand or building sand for your mix. Sharp is always better for strength and curing times as a motar mix with building sand takes so much longer to go off

[rinyneefs]

Great video sam, best i found on YT, thank you very much !

[cieslaolsztyn]

Nice! Is it possible with that metod för ordinary inndor klinker? Just stones then wet concrete to put the tile in

[mywayorthe]

The arrows on the back of the tiles are there for the factory to calibrate their systems. If at quality check there is a discrepancy in the cut edge of tile the arrow will indicate which part of the cutting process is faulty. Nothing to do with laying direction of slab, although you can of course follow the arrows if you wish.

[SimonVerrechia]

Nice size tile to work with. As they get bigger each one becomes more of an event to lay…😆

[inm]

Wouldn't recommend leaving a perimeter gap in bedding material as this prevents a 'backstop' for grouting and would lead to grouting failure over time. Always best to have the full bedding throughout. No gaps.

[mattw]

Do you work from grass to building purposely, to leave cut tiles closest to the building and full tiles closest to the lawn ?

[RalphdontGAF]

What's the primer for? I've heard of primer for painting, but primer for laying slabs?
Where would I get this primer? What's it called?
Great video btw

[costydavidoff]

Nice job, I will try to inspire from it.
I think I asked you already, would you use porcelain 20mm or natural buff slabs of 38mm thickness for car use?
Thanks

[danielrossy]

Quality work. Love your videos. I'm laying a patio for the first time this weekend. Any tips would be great! Would you advise putting primer onto concrete slabs before laying them or is that just for porcelain slabs?

[johnnykilv]

Laying on a wet mix glues the slab to the mortar and they will never separate. It can also, and often does, settle after laying leaving a low or high point. If there is ground movement or settlement the only way to relay is to break up the slab and lay a new one.
Traditional mason paviors use sharp sand and cement dry mix which still goes solid but remains flexible enough for relay and doesn’t sag after laying. Of course, using a wet mix enables the DIY person to lay as the traditional method requires skill. I see lots of patios where the slabs have been laid on mortar blobs. This leaves a void into which all manner of vegetation and insects can move in.

[johnybee]

Hi there. Nice work. Whats Primer mix? Or of the shelf?

[alexmorgan]

How about fall to allow for drainage so patio doesn't become flooded?

[lewisconway]

What would happen if there was gaps underneath ?

[addictiveaussie]

Ever considered using tile clip and wedges? They work a treat and kill two birds with one stone by spacing and levelling.

[festival]

lovely looking slabs, where are they from?

[jcbgaming]

Maybe use a vibration tool to bed down instead of whacking with mallet as can cause fractures in the tiles they’ve all week points 👍