Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Oct 28, 2012 7:40 am We met with a landscaper the other day to get quotes, now he said he doesn't do paving unless there's concrete under it because of movement and even with crushed rock or that hard sand stuff, they can move and a result the pavers would move as well. Can someone tell me if this is true?? we really wanted to pave on the side of the house but definitely cannot afford the cost of concrete and pavers as well.. Building Henley Monaco Nouveau Q1 - Mernda Villages https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=57810 http://razbuild.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Question about paving. 2Oct 28, 2012 8:36 am Sounds like someone who wants to make sure he doesn't come back to do remedial work. Might be more expensive but it will look good for longer. The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Question about paving. 3Oct 28, 2012 3:09 pm Slab under paving is pretty standard on reactive clay soils now. You can use the crushed rock base if your pavers are large and thick so they wont move around much. Re: Question about paving. 4Oct 28, 2012 3:27 pm Ok so it sounds like he wasn't being too pedantic about things. I guess well concrete it and pave it later on. Building Henley Monaco Nouveau Q1 - Mernda Villages https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=57810 http://razbuild.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Question about paving. 5Oct 28, 2012 7:14 pm How important is the side of your house? Is it part of your outdoor living? If it's just down the side not used much its worth considering toppings such as grantic sand and lilydale/tuscan toppings with pavers/stone as steppers and storage pads for rubbish bins etc. Re: Question about paving. 6Oct 28, 2012 8:21 pm boosho Ok so it sounds like he wasn't being too pedantic about things. I guess well concrete it and pave it later on. Can you just concrete it and leave it as concrete? Question about paving. 7Oct 28, 2012 9:11 pm I would not bother concreting then paving. As long as the base is compacted properly it will be fine, I have never heard any good paver say they won't lay bless its on cement. I would get other quotes. Jasmin Hickinbotham Belmont - modified Signed: February 2011 Slab should go down before 2012 My build thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=52310&p=799483#p799483 Re: Question about paving. 8Oct 28, 2012 9:46 pm BeatrixKiddo How important is the side of your house? Is it part of your outdoor living? If it's just down the side not used much its worth considering toppings such as grantic sand and lilydale/tuscan toppings with pavers/stone as steppers and storage pads for rubbish bins etc. One side will be used to get from the laundry to the clothesline. The other side will be the just to get to the hot water tank which wont be much. So the one on the laundry side would get used alot. catjim boosho Ok so it sounds like he wasn't being too pedantic about things. I guess well concrete it and pave it later on. Can you just concrete it and leave it as concrete? That's what we are thinking of doing to begin with but evently we would to use nice pavers. The living area and family look onto either sides of the house with windows to the floors so we would want to look nice.. * jas * I would not bother concreting then paving. As long as the base is compacted properly it will be fine, I have never heard any good paver say they won't lay bless its on cement. I would get other quotes. Yeah we are going to get more quotes but I wanted to know what's the correct way to lay pavers so if one says I need to concrete but the other says we don't. I need to know which is the more correct view. Building Henley Monaco Nouveau Q1 - Mernda Villages https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=57810 http://razbuild.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Question about paving. 9Oct 29, 2012 8:17 am If it was a big area out the back or front I'd go the concrete slab route . Side paths just need a reasonable base like a bit of crushed rock compacted well. The bonus of that is if you decide later to add some side garden beds or change anything else it is pretty easy to adjust those side areas without the major hassle of removing the concrete as well. Stewie Re: Question about paving. 10Oct 29, 2012 12:21 pm Absolutely, over time ground underneath will compact, and even small amounts will lead to unevenness. While you can use a vibrating plate to compact it while you're putting it down, it will still compress more over the life of the area. Lilydale topping, being that it comprises largely of granetic gravel, will compact to about 40% of its original volume (we use both for making BMX tracks and pump tracks). The trick is to make sure it's adequately drained. Building a Delta 21 at Craigieburn - http://homeofzero.blogspot.com.au/ Deposit: 26/02. Contract: 22/05. Settlement: 29/05. Site start: 18/10. I had 28m2 of engineered pavers laid six months back and it was difficult to find someone not taking the pi$$. Internet suggested it should be $85-100/m2 to lay them.… 3 12408 As most others have posted above the install isn't compliant. The pipe is meant to be covered in loose soil or sand, the pipe has holes in it that leaks out a termicide… 10 5730 |