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Great idea. What have you filled around the pavers with?
Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: My Landscaping Journey - Completed Paving Pics 17/4/2016 301Jun 11, 2016 3:29 pm KnockItDown Used the left over pavers and made a stepping stone path from the laundry door to the back yard http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq311/EB_Photos_2009/Mobile%20Uploads/image1.jpg Great idea. What have you filled around the pavers with? Re: My Landscaping Journey - left over paving pics 21/5 302Jun 17, 2016 12:56 pm Seeing it's the narrow side of the house which doesn't see a great deal of traffic, I'm planing to use 20mm blue gravel the same as I did around the Air Cond on the other side of the house.
Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: My Landscaping Journey - left over paving pics 21/5 303Jul 16, 2016 8:17 pm KnockItDown cat_dunc Ohh in big bags, that's a good idea. Ours was just dumped on our front lawn! When I first started my landscaping I had them dump my supplies as it was easier but this time I needed to keep some level of control and neatness of the Road Base as I didn't want to destroy my lawn etc. Some places charge a bit extra to deliver in bags. I've used my supplier a number of times and he didn't charge me any extra to bag deliver vs bulk dump. Hi, who is your supplier for landscape supplies? Re: My Landscaping Journey - left over paving pics 21/5 304Jul 22, 2016 2:57 pm CalvinHobbes KnockItDown cat_dunc Ohh in big bags, that's a good idea. Ours was just dumped on our front lawn! When I first started my landscaping I had them dump my supplies as it was easier but this time I needed to keep some level of control and neatness of the Road Base as I didn't want to destroy my lawn etc. Some places charge a bit extra to deliver in bags. I've used my supplier a number of times and he didn't charge me any extra to bag deliver vs bulk dump. Hi, who is your supplier for landscape supplies? Thomson Landscape supplies http://thomsonls.com/ Re: My Landscaping Journey - left over paving pics 21/5 305Aug 07, 2017 4:30 pm So I'm going thru and updating my Pics for this thread seeing Photo (suck) Bucket decided to start charging for 3rd party usage. Stay tuned and it will all be back to normal soon. Re: My Landscaping Journey - Updating Pics due to PhotoBucke 306Aug 12, 2017 6:26 pm Big thanks to H1 Admin for changing the Post Thread edit limit for me. All of the Pics are now back in place. Enjoy. Re: My Landscaping Journey - Completed Paving Pics 17/4/2016 307Jul 16, 2018 4:54 pm KnockItDown Laying the paving is not the hard part. Prepping the site is the back braking part and setting the levels for the sand screed is the most important part to ensure water flows where you want it. My area was 3.6m wide so I made sure I had a 15mm fall away from the house and also from my block wall toward the centre-line where I put my drain. I used 3/4 inch square aluminum lengths to screed against. Prior to shoveling in the sand I had made 2 marks on the house and the block wall that were the top and bottom finish heights of the paving. I shoveled in the sand and raked it to a rough level higher than the top finished paving height mark. Then I set my bars in place along the house and the block wall leveling to the lower mark. ie the bottom of the paver. Then I set the centre bar from the timber retaining wall to the drain. The centre bar is leveled lower by 15mm to that of the bars along the house and the block wall to create fall to the centre from each side and it also lays lower at the drain end than that of the timber retaining wall end of the bar. (this was the hardest bar to get right) Once I was happy with the positioning of the bars I used the screed to remove the excess sand leaving a perfectly smooth surface that produced the appropriate gradients where I wanted them. I did the screed in 2 parts. House to centre drain and Block Wall to centre drain. The process of screeding is a bit of an art and I found you need to use the leading edge of the screed closest to you at an angle to get the sand moving and then roll your wrists down at the end which produces just the right amount of compaction giving you the smoothed out sand. This pic with the arrows show the direction of the fall I achieved with the aluminium square tubes. I also mixed in a bit of concrete powder in with the sand just to get that little bit extra of stability Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This is a very good guide to laying pavers. Did you leave the three aluminum lengths in place and put the pavers on top or did you take them out prior to laying the pavers? Re: My Landscaping Journey - Completed Paving Pics 17/4/2016 308Aug 10, 2018 8:57 am reaver KnockItDown Laying the paving is not the hard part. Prepping the site is the back braking part and setting the levels for the sand screed is the most important part to ensure water flows where you want it. My area was 3.6m wide so I made sure I had a 15mm fall away from the house and also from my block wall toward the centre-line where I put my drain. I used 3/4 inch square aluminum lengths to screed against. Prior to shoveling in the sand I had made 2 marks on the house and the block wall that were the top and bottom finish heights of the paving. I shoveled in the sand and raked it to a rough level higher than the top finished paving height mark. Then I set my bars in place along the house and the block wall leveling to the lower mark. ie the bottom of the paver. Then I set the centre bar from the timber retaining wall to the drain. The centre bar is leveled lower by 15mm to that of the bars along the house and the block wall to create fall to the centre from each side and it also lays lower at the drain end than that of the timber retaining wall end of the bar. (this was the hardest bar to get right) Once I was happy with the positioning of the bars I used the screed to remove the excess sand leaving a perfectly smooth surface that produced the appropriate gradients where I wanted them. I did the screed in 2 parts. House to centre drain and Block Wall to centre drain. The process of screeding is a bit of an art and I found you need to use the leading edge of the screed closest to you at an angle to get the sand moving and then roll your wrists down at the end which produces just the right amount of compaction giving you the smoothed out sand. This pic with the arrows show the direction of the fall I achieved with the aluminium square tubes. I also mixed in a bit of concrete powder in with the sand just to get that little bit extra of stability Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This is a very good guide to laying pavers. Did you leave the three aluminum lengths in place and put the pavers on top or did you take them out prior to laying the pavers? Hi, Sorry for the slow reply, I took them out before laying the pavers. Re: My Landscaping Journey - All Pics back in place. 12/08/2 309Apr 27, 2019 11:29 am You had done a fantastic job. I am currently doing a block retaining wall. 10 m in length , 600 to 800 mm in height. May I know which brand block have used for your DIY. I have ordered grandwall blocks from Austrul bricks. Is this good for retaining wall. Thanks. Re: My Landscaping Journey - All Pics back in place. 12/08/2 310May 08, 2019 2:51 pm Sorry for the slow reply, I used Tasman Blocks sourced from http://www.bainesmasonry.com.au/index.html Austral also make a good block for retaining walls. For DIY, the dry stack system is pretty straight forward. Any advice on how to ensure the kit home granny flat that im thinking of buying will get council approval. The kit home companys wont release plans without a deposit and… 0 7822 Use a product like Equisol's Vitalise to clean the deck then coat with a penetrating timber oil. It will look 10 years younger and add value to your home. Visit for… 1 16666 |