building paver patio in sections?
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06-18-12, 08:13 PM
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building paver patio in sections?
I just dug out the foundation for a 300 sq ft patio and ready to pour sand and lay the pavers.
I live in an area where it has afternoon t-storms almost every other day (although we had a 3-day stretch of no rain) and I'm afraid to pour the sand since there's no way I can get it done in a day... probably not even in 2 days.
So my question is, is it possible to level the sand and lay the pavers in small sections at a time? I'm sure it would make leveling very difficult but can it be done?
I'm sure I'm not the first patio-installer with weather issues...
I live in an area where it has afternoon t-storms almost every other day (although we had a 3-day stretch of no rain) and I'm afraid to pour the sand since there's no way I can get it done in a day... probably not even in 2 days.
So my question is, is it possible to level the sand and lay the pavers in small sections at a time? I'm sure it would make leveling very difficult but can it be done?
I'm sure I'm not the first patio-installer with weather issues...
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06-18-12, 10:24 PM
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Place and compact all of your sand to finished grade. Then just cover everything with a well-secured tarp to keep any rain damage to exposed sand to a minimum. "Only sugar melts in rain", as our high school football coach used to say.
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06-19-12, 05:24 AM
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You say you dug out the foundation and are ready to pour sand - you did put in a compacted base material, right?
The slope comes from that, you just use something like 1" pipe so you can screed the sand to a depth of 1".
The slope comes from that, you just use something like 1" pipe so you can screed the sand to a depth of 1".
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06-19-12, 04:15 PM
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yeah crushed gravel will be in place tomorrow. I just heard that it's not good to get the sand wet once you even it out... maybe I'm being too cautious?
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06-19-12, 06:45 PM
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The sand is just spread and screeded off (uncompacted) and it called a "setting bed". The intent is to use a clean sand and which will be pulled up and the surface sand worked into the tight joints as the surface is run over with a vibratory plate compactor to even out the surface. If some setting bed sand is moved around during a storm, the surface can easily be cleaned up using the edge restraint as vertical guide.
Since the compacted base is usually not disturbed, I have seen 10 or 20 acre installations covered with the 1" setting bed sand and touched up before setting, if necessary. This was for a "high-strength", high-tech" for industrial sites.
Sand should not be the compacted base material. The Interlocking Concrete Paving Institute (ICPI) has a great site for installation "work-arounds" if the proper materials are not available.
Dick
Since the compacted base is usually not disturbed, I have seen 10 or 20 acre installations covered with the 1" setting bed sand and touched up before setting, if necessary. This was for a "high-strength", high-tech" for industrial sites.
Sand should not be the compacted base material. The Interlocking Concrete Paving Institute (ICPI) has a great site for installation "work-arounds" if the proper materials are not available.
Dick
