Normally with concrete you make a dry mix of the sand and cement (not necessary here as yours is premixed though) pile it into a little mountain on a flat surface or slab of ply board, turn the mountain into a volcano, pour a splash of water in the top and then fold it in from the outside with a spade (or trowel), working around, adding more water as you go. Don’t know if this works on such a small scale though as it looks like you won’t need much. Glad your neighbour is feeling better after the night. Sounds like she has a good and caring neighbour in you
she has a fabulous collection of 1940's frocks and coats and they fit me! her family aren't close by (london, italy, LA) and we do look out for each other. she mostly encourages me to get up to all sorts of mischief
she is! and very, very mischievous! I'll be pleased when she's back to her usual self - which is somewhere between naughty pixie and the saltaire branch of cosa nostra
why would i use a bag... do i need anything down as it's going onto mostly asphalt stuff? the final covering will be a bigger coir door mat
exactly! thinking sisal flooring throughout now too... maybe. as fun as it'd be to reveal the old york flags, i can't stand cold, hard floors so only looking at warm natural materials; wool carpet, wooden boards, cork or sisal... sisal is currently winning
It probably should be okay as it it's a small area (too big for burying @CollyP in though), I was just checking with the resident expert @art b in case the equivalent of a DPC was necessary.
well it seems to have done the job in the rest of the ground floor so i'm guessing it'll be fine for the hole...
Not entirely convinced I’ve done it right and it was certainly messier than I thought it would be, and I may have used more water than it states and possibly didn’t have right tools. Bugger it, it’s done now. Hopefully et voilà