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I have an old concrete slab for my outdoor patio that I want to renovate. The slab is level but cracked in a few places. I was thinking of Travertine but then thought maybe this would look ok https://www.bunnings.com.au/brighton-masonry-300-x-300-x-40mm-sand-mypave-paver_p3451558 with the advantage of easily fixable if I mess up because I can just pop in to Bunnings for more. My questions are:
Do you think it will look ok? I had in mind this colour scheme https://www.berger.com.au/inspiration/a-modern-patio-that-shines/?fbclid=IwAR1hfZrxWpG-xLVdlLMh8DO0J... (my patio is very old fashioned with round columns everywhere)
What would I use to lay the pavers?
What would I use as edging
It's great to hear you are ready to start your project @lakiita.
I recommend you aim for a 5mm gap between pavers, and these spacers will be useful for that.
Our pavers are typically sold individually. It's an easy equation to determine how many you need per square meter. If you can let me know the paver you will be using, I can work it out for you. The Brighton Masonry 400 x 400 x 40mm Cream Mypave Paver has a surface area of 160,000 mm2. Divide your meter of 1,000,000mm2 by it. That gives you a total of 6.25 pavers per square meter. You'll only actually fit four pavers into each square meter, but that's how you work out the number for your overall area.
Crommelin 10L DiamondCoat Water Based Paving And Concrete Sealer would be a great choice to seal your paving with after you've laid it.
It's great to hear that you've sorted the cutting issue, and it looks like you've got just about everything covered. Remember your PPE for the job, including gloves, safety glasses and a face mask. Also, I 100% recommend you pick up a pair of kneepads; you'll thank me later. Laying paving is incredibly hard on the knees.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Mitchell
It's actually really fun so far
I finally figured out my Ozito pressure washer (thanks to the Bunnings person who helped me figure out how to stop it leaking) OMG pressure washing my patio on a super hot day was so much fun!!!!
400x400x40 is the paver I am going with and I worked it out at exactly 6/m2 so it looks like actually my math was bang on
I am allowing for an extra 10% so getting pavers for 55m2 which I worked out as being 330 that I need to order in total - what do you think?
Thanks for the sealant recommendation how much do you think I should get?
Also in my shopping cart atm it says this
what does that mean? I have no ball bar on my car or way to transport without delivery 
I mean I can Airtasker it but delivery would be nice
I'm getting more like 343 pavers for 55m2 @lakiita.
Hopefully, the one 10L of DiamondCoat will be enough to do your pavers. It is available in 4L containers as well, in case you run out. It's a bit hard to tell exactly, as it depends on the porosity of the pavers and how much they suck up. I suspect you might need the additional 4L.
That message likely means there aren't enough of those pavers to fulfil your order at that store. I'd suggest checking the "Change store" option to see if all your products are available for delivery from another store in your area.
I apologise, as we might not have talked specifically about it, but part of laying the screed process is tamping it down and compacting it. Once you've tamped the screed, you should be able to walk on it.
Mitchell
oh no I don't know how to tamp it
I did see your message where you showed me the tamper but that'll take me FOREVER!!!
the tamp is so small
and my patio is so big and that seems like a really BORING task 
do you have to tamp the whole thing like yr making coffee????
do I tamp before or after the screed?? there's no tamping in the video I found 
Tamping is one way to do it if you have to walk over the area @lakiita, though it's not a necessity. Following the video, you can begin laying the pavers onto the screeded area. You then work from the laid area outwards. You'll only be walking on the area you've paved. You can see them doing this in the last few moments of the video.
Mitchell
