What to do prior to laying paving stones...

Sand, baw

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What to do prior to laying paving stones... by TexasTiger08

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Take them to a nice dinner and maybe a movie.

You better lay some plastic down under them unless you want those vines, weeds and grass growing up around them for years and being a pain in our arse

You will want a 4" compacted base of 6/10 limestone extending 6" beyond the borders. Bring the limestone in 2-3" at a time. Compact each time until you have 4" base. Then, add paving sand. Screed it. You want 1" or less of sand. Then, without stepping on the sand begin laying pavers. Add edge restraint. Sweep polymeric sand into joints. Run compactor over pavers. Use blanket so as not to scratch stones. Keep doing this until joints are filled. Follow instructions for curing the polymeric sand. When done you can marvel at your genius.

Or, you can just throw pavers down on too of dead grass and call it a day. Six months later you will regret it, though.

Level out dirt

Compact

Put down visqueen

Use 3" sand

Compact

Lay stones using sand to level

Compact and fill like the guys above said

7" of M10 Crushed Granite tamped then polymeric in between them.

frick everything else