How to lay paving stones

Over the centuries, pavement has maintained its leadership position, and it succeeds without any difficulty! This is explained by the fact that a beautiful, wear-resistant and durable surface fits perfectly into any architecture of the city and the landscape design of a country house.

What is paving stone?

Paving stone is a granite or basalt pavement designed for laying pavement, sidewalks and garden paths. Bridges are stacked from roughly treated and unprocessed “raw” granite or paving stones. Stone paving elements are used with a flat surface of the same shape and size. For the device of large roads mainly sawn and chipped rectangular pavement is ground and ground.

Styling methods

There are several ways of laying paving stones. Each technology differs from each other in the preparation of the base under the coating and the purpose of the coating. The only thing that unites the ways is the material used. At any option of laying the stone and sand is used.

As a rule, pavement is laid on pedestrian areas, carriageways and parking areas, and is also used as a blind area around a building.

Preparatory work

Before laying the pavement, the first thing you need to do is to start laying the protective coating and to mark out the plots, paths where the granite or paving will be laid. Then in vain to prepare the base.

The process of preparing the foundation is as follows:

The perimeter of the area where it is necessary to lay the pavement is surrounded with pegs, and they are tied and tensioned to the cord. Then, determine the slope of the soil.

Bias should be limited to drainage systems. In no case do not make a bias towards the base of the building.

If there is no slope per se, then it is artificially constructed using imported soil or river sand. But after waking up the layer, the ground must be soaked with water and allow it time to stand, so that the loose layer of the donkey and the seal.

To speed up the process of preparing the base, it is necessary to remove the soil layer from the lowland, lay it on the missing area and compact it mechanically using a road roller.

1 way

This method is intended for laying finishing material on footpaths of light traffic.

The base for footpaths is equipped with geotextile, rubble, sand, paving stones and lean concrete. As an auxiliary inventory it is necessary to use a rake, a rubber hammer and a manual rammer.

Upon completion of the marking work, we proceed to the laying of the base of geotextiles, on top of which a crushed stone layer sprinkles 15-25 cm, and a rake forms a layer with a slope. Then compaction of the primary layers is done by hand tamping. Next, go to the secondary base device, using geotextiles and sand.

The sand layer should not be less than 10 cm.

The secondary layer is re-spilled with water and installed on the perimeter of the curb. As a basis for the curb, you must use lean concrete. To fix the curb, you need a cement-sand mortar and sand.

So, the process of preparing the base and setting up the curbs is over, we proceed to the next stage - laying the paving stones. Stone elements are stacked close to the slope. In the pivot and curved places allowed the gap between the pavement. So that at the time of operation the paving stones do not fall out, the gap between the paving stones is filled with sand.

Each row, lined with paving stones, compacted with a rubber hammer. Upon completion of laying the surface is washed with a weak stream of water.

2 way

The second method of laying paving stones is designed for the device of large pedestrian roads. Technology laying little different from the previous method. The only difference is the laying of the secondary layer. Instead of geotextiles, dry cement-sand mixture and lean concrete are used.

The sequence of layers:

1. Priming.
2. Geotextile.
3. Sand-5cm.
4. Lean concrete or crushed stone.
5. Dry cement-sand mixture.
6. Paving stone

In order to secure the pavement to the base, it is reinforced with a road net and tamped.

3 way

The third method is very different from the previous methods. It is used for the device otmostok and roads, and on the problem ground.

Initially, 20 cm of gravel layer is poured onto the ground and wooden formwork is made. Then they put reinforced concrete 3cm thick and the grid - all this is poured with concrete.

Installation of curbs is carried out according to the previous technology on lean concrete.

A concrete pad is sprinkled with a dry cement-sand mixture from 2 to 5 cm and no more. The paving stones are leveled and laid. The resulting gaps are filled with sand, the excess sand from the surface is washed off with water.

Video

From this video you will learn how to lay pavement tiles along a thread:

Detailed instructions for laying pavers: