Garden path shuttering

[Apacheuk]

Just a couple of questions. We want to lay a path from the house to the shed and will be using some old 600x600 slabs that we have.

As the shed is on a slightly raised concrete base and I want the slabs to finish 1 inch below the top of the shed slab, I believe I only need to dig down about 3 inches and fill with type 1 mot, whack it down and bed the concrete slabs on 1 to 2 inch bed of mortar.

So, wanted to know what mix of mortar would I use and what would I use as shuttering to stop everything moving when wackering? Also can I leave the shuttering in place when all done?

 

[Cheslea2010]

75mm Sub Base of Type 1 followed by 50mm mortar bed will be sufficient for foot traffic. Wouldn't worry about an edging, the sides of the hole you dig for the sub base will be sufficient to stop lateral movement in the sub base material.

 

[JohnD]

If the garden is going to be dug next to the path, a thickened edge will prevent it being undermined or loosened.

If you have sufficient old slabs, you can use them as shuttering in your excavation.