Friday, September 13, 2013

How to repair loose bricks using stones instead of concrete

How to anchor loose bricks using stones instead of concrete - like by edge of driveway

http://www.groundtradesxchange.com/forums/hardscaping/4059-paver-edging-material-question.html

Plastic edge restraint is the way to go.Concrete will crack over time and the edge of your walk or patio will begin to pull apart.I've had many instances where I had to get topsoil, for example, to a planting bed and I had to cross a paver walk we just built. I have driven my Bobcat over a just-compacted walk, (with a plastic edge restraint), and I have done it without moving a single paver.  Also, a lot of contractors seem to think that installing a "wet edge" soldier course is somehow quicker and better, (it is neither, in my opinion), then, they install the field pavers over a standard gravel/sand base. Usually, after a season or so, each and every one of these installations has the field settling more than the edges and the edges eventually crack.
- Compact the native soil
- Add Geotex
- Then add a graded aggregate
- Compact the aggregate
- Install the bedding sand
- Install the pavers
- Install the edge restraint
- Compact everything


0.5 cu ft Paver Base
Item #: 100166 |  Model #: 339501079
$3.38


 72-in Plastic Flexible Patio Stone and Paver Restraints
Item #: 461676 |  Model #: 102126
$6.97
QUIKRETE 10 Lbs. Quick Setting Concrete Repair

Item #: 137836 |  Model #: 124011

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