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August 12, 2017 18:06

How to lay paving stones

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Today immense popularity gained pavers, which is an ideal material to create entrances to houses and garden paths.Gradually, she replaced the black and ugly asphalt.beautiful pedestrian zone can be created with pavers.For it to be unique, you must use a tile having a different shape and color.This will help to create exclusive patterns and ornamentation.In this article we will talk about how to lay paving stones correctly.

Laid pavement area in front of the house

Laid pavement area in front of the house

How to store paving and avoid

errors Typically, before the paving is laid in its place, it is a time stored in stacks.Palletised paving stone is heavy, so there are cases when, for example, after the rain began to fall trays into the ground.As a result, the upper ranks of slipping and inflicted damage to the bottom.After all the tiles perfectly flat top surface and the bottom can not boast.

In the photo we see a normal first tile , and the rest are spoiled due to improper storage

In the photo we see a normal first tile, and the rest are spoiled due to improper storage

To avoid such embarrassing mistakes, it is necessary to observe the following rules:

  • If possible, put the pans on a hard surface, which does not prosyadet(asphalt, concrete slab).
  • If the trays are stacked directly on the ground, do not put them on more than 10 series.
  • Certainly it is necessary to close the paving film or tarpaulin that it does not leak water.

If tiles are unloaded manually, you need to handle them carefully as possible, so as not to cause accidental damage to the decorative layer.

tool for work on paving

to the construction of the tracks from the pavers were neat and quick, require the following set of tools:

  • Hydraulic building level (10 m).If you do not own a laser level, which costs a lot of money, buy a normal gidrouroven.
  • Building rack bubble level 1 meter long.
  • Metal profiled tube section 20 x 40 mm 2 meter and 6 meter pieces.
  • Steel sharpened pins and wooden pegs.
  • Nylon cord white color;
  • Large rubber mallet.Buy you need a quality mallet or three pieces of Chinese, as they quickly fall apart.
  • Trowel.
  • Two different roulette 2 meter and 10 meter.
  • broom or a broom to sweep up the seams between the tiles.
  • clamps and heavy steel 100mm area.Of them need to make a device for fixing paving in front of her sharp
Securing the pavers using a clamp for cutting

Securing the pavers using a clamp to cut

  • grinder fitted with a steel disc having a diameter of 230 mm.It is only necessary to use a steel disc and non-abrasive cut-off wheels.It is better to buy a more expensive drive with a normal quality, as cheap samples quickly become useless and will have to change.
230 mm steel disc for cutting stone and concrete products without any problem cuts paving

Steel 230 mm blade for cutting stone and concrete products without any problem cuts paving

Preliminary work on the site for laying pavers

Whatever it was, but the main stage in the construction of the tracks on the paving stones on the rightIt should be regarded as marking and careful preliminary site preparation.We recommend the following procedure for preparation of the layered base for laying paving stones:

  1. removal of the top layer of soil and laying of geotextile.
  2. Filling gravel layer thickness of at least 10-15 cm.
  3. Creating a layer of sand with
The circuit layers when laying pavers

thickness of 5-10 cm.

  • Sand and cement mortar thickness of 2-4 cm. The circuit layers when laying pavers
  • depending on the scope of a future use of the track and load it to the base of the requirements under the paving stones may be slightly different.For footpaths is enough to establish a preparatory layer of sand with a thickness of 50 to 150 mm.After the application phase it always moistened and compacted.The main thing to respect the proportion of sand and water: so when wet 1 m² area will need only 10 liters.

    technology track unit of pavers

    most often work on laying the pavers are manufactured with the help of teams of trained workers.However, it is quite possible and holding the whole cycle of works with his own hands.two ways of laying the pavers can be considered: on the concrete base and macadam base.

    Laying on the basis of rubble

    With this method always used a dry mixture of sand with cement in a ratio of 1: 6.She poured on the leveled base, which is covered with gravel layer thickness of 100 - 150 mm.Borders need to be installed on the solution M-100.To stiffen the reinforcing mesh may be used.The tile is placed so that between the individual paving stones formed seams, which are necessary to compensate for ground movements that occur seasonally.The technology of this process involves several stages:

    • First, prepare the site for the installation of tiles in accordance with the principles set out above.The territory free from all sorts of vegetation, remove the turf, as well as the top layer of soil.Then tamped earth.
    • create a "mat": the first base layer has to withstand the required load, because it is poured out of compacted crushed stone and gravel.In this case be sure to observe the minimum 1,5-2% slope angle from the middle to the edges of the track.
    • Along the edges formed by the platform set a concrete curb.To do this, prepare a hole in the ground in the form of grooves on the bottom of which is necessary to pour sand.Calculate the depth of the groove should be so that subsequently the resulting border is flush with the front side of the tile, or just below it.This is necessary for the normal flow of rainwater.Between the borders pulled the cord, which will act as a guide for future work.Before reinstalling the curb, you need to check how much it smooth.Often local craftsmen stamp and sell defective products.
    Pay attention to the curvature of the curb.It is better to use later in the less visible areas or cut when they need pieces of 50 cm or less.

    Note the curvature of the curb.It is better to use later in the less visible areas or cut when they need pieces of 50 cm or less.

    • top of the work area should be prepared to pour the next layer having a thickness of 30 mm.He is one of coarse river sand fraction up to 5 mm.
    • resulting support layer should be a total of not less than - 100 mm.Sand tamped using tamping.It can be made from a piece of lumber with a cross section of 20 x 20 cm and a length of about 1 meter.If possible, it is possible to rent a vibrator, then the tile laying process will accelerate.
    • Begin laying paving stones from the curb: the first rows are placed, directing the verge paving stone in the direction of stretched threads.The joints between the tiles are filled with sand: it is necessary that it shifted.
    Handmade homemade ramming of timber 20x20 cm

    Manual homemade ramming of timber 20x20 cm

    Laying on the basis of concrete

    This method should be applied in the case where the cars will drive on the road surface.It will also be required for very weak, marshy soil.In this case, you need to properly prepare a solid concrete base before laying pavers.To this end, in addition to the steps suggested above, must also:

    1. Construct formwork from edging boards or plywood sheets: it is secured with stakes that are driven into the ground three feet from each other.Alignment produce stretched cord.
    2. prepared site poured 100 mm layer of medium-sized rubble, which tamped.
    3. Next, a concrete casting 30 mm thick with reinforcing mesh.It is better to cover with plastic wrap, so that when the solidification is not formed cracks.
    4. paving slabs can start to stack after 28 days, when the concrete is fully cured.The seams between the tiles will need to complete the cement-sand mortar.
    5. after laying the pavers were washed using a watering can.This requires that the mixture does not wash out of the joints.

    nuances of laying pavers

    pavers laid in a pleasing manner.Most often it used "Tree", but any other possible pattern, which is desirable to use the tiles of different colors and shapes.In this case, you can use a special color grout - fugue, which consists of sand with cement and pigment additives.Line the tiling surface with a rubber mallet.

    Recommended slope track when laying pavers - 5-15 mm per 1 meter. Lay perfectly straight paving novice, is complex, so the slope is too small, the probability of formation of puddles on it very much.

    sett should be put on the pillow lightly tapping a rubber mallet.Each number must be checked and rattling levels to the ideal.The dry mix is ​​sufficient bury brick 1 cm, and in a little damp at 2 cm to put and observe the level it was more convenient, you can use the same trick -. To pull the cord between the two profiled tubes, exactly fixed on the edges of the track.

    The cord can be stretched between two pieces of shaped pipes 20x40

    cord can be stretched between two pieces of shaped pipes 20x40

    Once laid pavers can settle a bit, it requires waking dry sand and concrete mix, then promesti so that the seams between the paving stones are completely filled.This can be used broom PVC filaments.

    This plastic broom is good because it is not afraid of water

    This plastic broom is good because it is not afraid of water

    Attention!It is necessary to prometat very high quality paving stones, leaving no excess cement on its surface.Otherwise, then have to hard to clean solution.

    That may be the first experience of self- laying paving stones in his backyard

    That may be the first experience of self-laying paving stones in his backyard

    If you listen to advice and do everything according to instructions, plus have the desire and opportunity, then put yourself paving on the site is not so difficult.

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