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Pavers Over Concrete - My Cousin's Method - Contractor Talk

No cocnrete slabs are used in proper concrete paver installation. If you are using clay pavers, the may be some deviation depending on the ...

Wood chips over pavers over dirt? | BackYard Chickens

The ground is a bit of topsoil over clay on a slight slope, it currently drains just fine even with heavy precipitation. I'm worried the birds ...

Block paving on a clay soil - The Brew Cabin

However can someone please advise me on a specific question. I am currently having a parking area completed and the contractor has found pockets of soft clay.

Can I just use sand under pavers? - Quora

Otherwise, you may have standing water on the soil which will turn it to mud and the mud will ooze up between the pavers. The pavers will also ...

How to Install Patio Pavers - The Home Depot

Clear Out Grass and Soil ... A person clears area with a shovel for a patio. To get started on your paver installation, mark the perimeter of the patio area with ...

How to clean clay off white stone pavers... - Bunnings Workshop

Installed white stone pavers and we live in an area that has clay soil which ... on how to remove?

Patio pavers strong enough for storing wood - Hearth.com

The two main concerns of mine would be what the sub-grade is and how the drainage is. If you just flop the pavers over the ground, I'd expect ...

Paver Patio, How Much Slope is Too Much Slope?

... clay soil. Thanks guys for telling it like it is! Moderate slope it is. I did rent a sod cutter that made quick work of the grass on this area.

Permeable pavers - anyone got experience with these? - Bogleheads

My soil is full of clay, so I built my patio with brick pavers, set on 1/2" of sand, on top of 6" of reinforced concrete, reinforced with #4 ...

Laying a patio....... Please help! - www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk

I also have some old slabs from the upper garden area that I removed, shall I place these on the clay before any sand/cement is added? Also ...

Can pavers be laid over deep sand?

The deeper the sand base the better. You don't mention the purpose of the pavers. If it's a simple patio or walkway where you only want a ...

Paver Base Prep | Why I Use (Open Grade Base)..... - YouTube

Open Grade Base is the best backfilling method you can use for concrete paver applications like patios, walkways, steps and walls.

polymeric sand or stone dust? | flagstone joints | how-to

Make sure the patio is pitched hard enough. 2.5 inches over a ten foot span will be enough, provided there are no major dips. When laying the flagstone, I use a ...

Spongy spot in Dense Grade Aggregate (base for patio) - what to do?

If it's clay, and filling with gravel, the water will be attracted to that spot and act as a reservoir. I'd dig down and bring it back up ( ...

STABILIZING CLAY SOIL BASE IN DRIVEWAY - TractorByNet

No matter what you do, you need to make sure that you have good drainage away from the driveway if you have a clay subsurface. Water will ...

How to replace grass with pavers? - Hometalk.com

Compact Soil. Lay Pavers on a bed of Sand & Cement, Making sure they are level with each other overall. Laeave a gap between pavers for drainage ...

Paver patio using only screening? - Fine Homebuilding

What type of soil do you have? If it's anything but gravel or sand, look for another hardscaper. What is directly under the pavers actually isn' ...

Do NOT Skip These 2 Steps Before You Prepare Your Paver Base

base for pavers. This is after the excavation and before the preparation of your paver base. You need to compact your subsoil and install a ...

Pavers Over Concrete Patio - GreenBuildingAdvisor

The typical install when pavers are dry laid is over a .5" to 1" layer of sand or screenings on top of the slab or stone base. Drain holes are ...

tips on landscape fabric under paver - Fine Homebuilding

If you do not use fabric, the base and soil will eventually migrate together. The base provides support for the pavers. This support will be ...