Patio replacement

[Col&Ali]

Originally Posted by barryp1

I've just read this thread for the first time. It looks like your patio is about 25sq.m. So your £3000 quote is £120 a sq.m.

Seems awfully high to me unless your slabs are at least £55 per sq.m. For a low traffic area like yours I would look for slabs no more than £25 sq m.

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I have just googled how to convert feet and inches to square metres and you are spookily close as we are now taking the patio to the fence making it 26.5 sq m!

My contractor is now working on a quote for composite decking instead and it would be great to get advice on this quote when it comes through!

Thank you for your input - It’s much appreciated.

[mick]

Originally Posted by Col&Ali

I have just googled how to convert feet and inches to square metres and you are spookily close as we are now taking the patio to the fence making it 26.5 sq m!

My contractor is now working on a quote for composite decking instead and it would be great to get advice on this quote when it comes through!

Thank you for your input - It’s much appreciated.

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I could have helped with that.

Retired nearly 4 years ago after 50+ years as a Quantity Surveyor and back in the early 60s everything was Imperial. Of all the sad things I remember that 10' 7" for example was 10.583 ft and 14'2" was 14.167'. So that area would be 149.929 SF. 10.764 SF in a square metre so that converts to 13.929 m2

Any other sad calculations that I can help with

Mick

[Col&Ali]

Originally Posted by mick

I could have helped with that.

Retired nearly 4 years ago after 50+ years as a Quantity Surveyor and back in the early 60s everything was Imperial. Of all the sad things I remember that 10' 7" for example was 10.583 ft and 14'2" was 14.167'. So that area would be 149.929 SF. 10.764 SF in a square metre so that converts to 13.929 m2

Any other sad calculations that I can help with

Mick

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Haha that’s fab Mick!

[mick]

Originally Posted by Col&Ali

Haha that’s fab Mick!

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I could bore you even more with duodecimals if you like - but I think not.

Mick

[mickey house]

Originally Posted by mick

I could bore you even more with duodecimals if you like - but I think not.

Mick

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My son gets annoyed with me when I quote things like the speed of light being 186,000 miles a second, because he was taught it as 299 792 458 m / s.

I think most people (well us older ones) would understand 186,000 miles a second more than the more modern method.

[mick]

Originally Posted by mickey house

My son gets annoyed with me when I quote things like the speed of light being 186,000 miles a second, because he was taught it as 299 792 458 m / s.

I think most people (well us older ones) would understand 186,000 miles a second more than the more modern method.

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Mickey

Last time I looked I believe that the UK still uses Imperial units for those sort of distances.

Today's quiz. Why do I still know my 27 times table?

Mick

[mickey house]

Originally Posted by mick

Mickey

Last time I looked I believe that the UK still uses Imperial units for those sort of distances.

Today's quiz. Why do I still know my 27 times table?

Mick

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I tried cheating and googling it to no avail, so why is it relevant.

As a guess is it because for instance how many 3" or 3' tiles/slabs would make a perfect square?

Just realised the above is probably irrelevant.

[mick]

Originally Posted by mickey house

I tried cheating and googling it to no avail, so why is it relevant.

As a guess it because for instance how many 3" or 3' tiles/slabs would make a perfect square?

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No - but I'll leave you on tenterhooks for a couple of hours just in case there are more 73 year old ex-QSs out there who may be excited to answer.

It does relate in some way to the Imperial days.

Mick

[mick]

Originally Posted by mick

No - but I'll leave you on tenterhooks for a couple of hours just in case there are more 73 year old ex-QSs out there who may be excited to answer.

It does relate in some way to the Imperial days.

Mick

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Mickey

The short only partially boring answer. I'll spare you the long boring version.

Back in the 60's quantities of bulk excavation for instance were expressed in cubic yards. They were measured in cubic feet but "reduced" to cubic yards by dividing by 27 (CF in a CY). So a hole in the ground that was 135 CF for instance would be 5 CY.

Aren't you glad I asked.

Mick

[Col&Ali]

Originally Posted by barryp1

I've just read this thread for the first time. It looks like your patio is about 25sq.m. So your £3000 quote is £120 a sq.m.

Seems awfully high to me unless your slabs are at least £55 per sq.m. For a low traffic area like yours I would look for slabs no more than £25 sq m.

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Originally Posted by Col&Ali

I have just googled how to convert feet and inches to square metres and you are spookily close as we are now taking the patio to the fence making it 26.5 sq m!

My contractor is now working on a quote for composite decking instead and it would be great to get advice on this quote when it comes through!

Thank you for your input - It’s much appreciated.

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Well the quote for composite was too high for my budget so I’m back to choosing patio slabs with the aim of getting them at c. £25 per sq m as above!

Ideally I’m looking for a buff slab, possibly Indian Stone -
Any further opinions or advice?