Required Amount Of Sand And Cement

[devon dave]

Can anybody advise me on how much sand and cement I would require to lay a small patio area....slaps 2ftx2ft, 16 in number. ground very firm. Just to be used as extra seating area. I would prefer to buy in bags as opposed to dumpy bag due to access to spot.

[The Builder]

How do you want to do it, Dave? It's usual to bed on 50mm of compacted, leveled sand. That would need 0.288 cubic metres.............. around 23-25 25kg bags of sand.

If you laid them on concrete, then you'd need the same number of 25kg bags, but bags of sand & chippings concrete mix instead ........ plus 4 or 5 25kg bags of cement.

[tonyav]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Food-and-Drink/Question1231979.html

Any chance of you helping mrs overowl out with her setting problem Builder ?.

[devon dave]

Thank you to The Builder. Would it be a dry mix?

[The Builder]

Dave... yes, I would have the concrete semi-dry. That is, with enough water to hold it together... without slumping and squidging out at the edges.