White Porcelain Paving

There are many reasons as to why you would choose our Terrazzano White Porcelain Paving slabs; white is a lovely understated colour for your garden patio that is great for customers who have a light coloured, modern-looking home interior. With the colour variations within the paving tile that consist of light grey colours, it gives you a stylish porcelain paving that won't be forever showing up dirt marks too.

How to Lay Paving 

Whilst we usually recommend the installation of garden paving slabs are carried out by a professional Landscaper, you may be able to complete this task if you have experience in landscaping or building, and have all the equipment needed. Follow our step-by-step guide below for the best tips on laying your garden patio. 

Step 1 - Measure & Purchase

You'll need to measure the desired area in which you'd like to fill with your garden paving; this includes the width and the length, taking into consideration the current ground condition and any extra work that may need to be carried out to prepare the ground. 

Once you know the area, you can then purchase your paving slabs. As you'll see, we have a wide range of Porcelain Paving to choose from in many different colours as well as sizes. The most important thing to decide on is whether you want squared tiles, rectangular tiles or mixed size patio packs. 

Step 2 - Prepare your base

Now you've purchased your paving slabs, it's time to get your ground in the right condition for holding your garden paving. Ideally you'll have some form of rope or spray paint you can use to mark out the area you're paving, if required. 

Using a high quality Landscaping Spade that can withstand potentially hard ground, dig to a depth of at least 150mm, allowing 100mm for the sub-base, 25mm for Sharp Sand or Cement and then the depth of your paving slabs. Use a Spirit Level to make sure the ground is nice and even.

Step 3 - Create your base

You can now start filling in your dug out area with the base that will best support your outdoor paving tiles. Add MOT Type 1 limestone at a depth of 50mm and rake until it is a level surface; you can then start compacting this down by using a Wacker Plate which you can hire from all major Builders Merchants. Add a further 50mm of sub-base and compact this layer as well. Compacting twice is important for ensuring a sturdy base.

You should now be able to see and feel a compacted, level base. You can now add your mortar bed at a depth of at least 25mm using either Washed Grit and Cement or Sand and Cement. It's really important to get this step right and to work out the correct ratio of each material you're using. Then, water over the sand to slightly wet the surface until it is fairly moist and then rake over again.

Step 4 - Lay your Paving

It's now time to start placing your patio stones down! We would suggest laying these paving slabs at an angle of 1/60 to prevent standing water forming when it's raining, and to encourage the water to run off. When laying Porcelain Paving slabs, ensure you use a Primer such as Instarmac on the reverse side of the slabs before you lay onto your mortar bed. Place your first paving slab at the highest point of the patio, working from one corner to another; using a Rubber Mallet to tap your paving slabs down into place.

REMEMBER: You must leave at least a 3 - 6mm gap between each slab for Porcelain Paving and a 10 -12mm gap for Sandstone and Limestone Paving to allow for the jointing in between. Also, keep in mind that you should seal the back of sawn products to avoid mirroring.

Allow the Sharp Sand/ Cement to dry. It is important that it dries slowly, if rain is forecasted, use a large plastic sheet to protect it.

Step 5 - Grout your Paving

Once the mortar bed is dry and the paving slabs are nice and stable, you can start jointing them together. For Porcelain Paving, we would recommend using Azpects EasyJoint Select which is best used when there are two of you and a hose pipe. You could also make your own mortar mix; it’s simply 4-part sand to 1 part cement.

If you've chosen to use Azpects EasyJoint compound for the joints, it works as a sweep-in compound that requires lots of water; the wetter the better. You'll need to follow their instructions with one person emptying the bag and the other person hosing the water into the joints. Use a squeegee to fill the gaps between the paving slabs until you're satisfied that they are full. 

Best Garden Paving Ideas and Inspiration

If you're hesitant about updating your current garden patio, because you're struggling to decide which Porcelain Paving is the best choice for you, give our Garden Visualiser a try! 

You can either upload a photo of your garden or use one of our templates to then place Terrazzano Blanco into your garden and visualise how it will look - and it's completely free to use!

You can even place any of our Sandstone Paving, Composite Decking and Decorative Stones onto the garden!

Click Here to use the Garden Visualiser Now   

Buy With Confidence

• Our paving can be purchased as single paving slabs or in quantities of 5 square metres.
• Please enter the amount of paving tiles/5 sqm you need (for example 20sqm would be 4 x 5sqm). 
• All of our paving comes in crates which can be easily placed into a van or into a garden using a hiab lorry.
• You can choose a free collection from one of our Depots or fuss-free, home delivery.

A Service You Can Rely On

• Our trustworthy service offers prompt delivery to any area in the UK
• Stone Zone is a family-run business that has been well-established since 1998
• Our knowledgeable customer advisors can help you with your purchase
• We pride ourselves on offering a range of affordable garden supplies 

Sample slabs are available in-store, please ask a customer advisor.