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Finished cream porcelain patio running the length of a glazed garden building with a red pantile roof

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Garden building brickwork and porcelain patio

Red facing brickwork for a single-storey garden building, followed by a large-format porcelain patio laid along the full length of its glazed front.

Completed: January to April 2024
Brickwork: Red facing brick
Paving: Large-format cream porcelain
Laying method: Levelling clips for flat, even joints

Before & after

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Finished cream porcelain patio running the length of a glazed garden building with a red pantile roof — Before: a bare concrete base along the glazing. After: a level porcelain terrace the full length of the building.

Concrete base in front of a glazed garden building with a pantile roof, before a porcelain patio is laid — Before: a bare concrete base along the glazing. After: a level porcelain terrace the full length of the building.

The story

Step by step

New red facing brickwork built up to the eaves of a single-storey building, seen from the scaffold — Facing brickwork taken up to the eaves.

01In progress

Brickwork

In January the facing brickwork was built up to the eaves from scaffolding. [PLACEHOLDER: confirm these January brickwork photos are from the same job as the patio]

Concrete base in front of a glazed garden building with a pantile roof, before a porcelain patio is laid — Before: a bare concrete base along the glazing.

02Before

Before the patio

By late March the building was glazed and a concrete base ran along the front, ready for paving.

First large-format porcelain paving slabs laid with levelling clips outside sliding doors — First slabs down, held flat with levelling clips.

03In progress

First slabs

The first porcelain slabs were laid on a full mortar bed, working out from the corner. Levelling clips hold neighbouring slabs flush while the bed cures.

Porcelain patio part laid along a run of sliding glass doors, with spacers still in the joints — Working along the building, joints kept consistent.

04In progress

Working along

Laying continued along the run of sliding doors, with spacers keeping every joint the same width.

Finished cream porcelain patio running the length of a glazed garden building with a red pantile roof — After: a level porcelain terrace the full length of the building.

05After

After

The finished terrace gives a level threshold along the whole building.

Cream porcelain paving laid along sliding glass doors towards a red brick gable — Looking along the terrace to the brick gable.

06After

End view

From the far end, the joints run true towards the brick gable.

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