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Dry laid pavers and brick
Posted on 1/3/20 at 11:44 pm
Posted on 1/3/20 at 11:44 pm
Does anyone have experience with installing a dry laid brick or pacer patio walkway or driveway? Ive noticed it a few places lately and am considering it as an option for a new driveway and or walkway near the house. Anytime i see brick laid with mortar on the ground it has cracked and pulled away frim the mortar and looks like crap. My other option is concrete which also seems to look pretty bad soon after it is installed. I figure at least with dry laid, if there is a problem you can pull out a few bricks and repair it.
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Posted on 1/4/20 at 12:16 am to rotrain
Sure. Depends on your soils though. Where I live, you need a reinforced concrete sub base. Some places you juts need a compacted soil base with a 2" sand setting sub base.
Posted on 1/4/20 at 8:31 am to Zappas Stache
Concrete base or crushed lime stone base is a must. Then fine sand to fill in that locks the bricks is a must.
Posted on 1/4/20 at 9:46 am to fishfighter
Sand replaces the matar? Lay bricks like normal then pour sand?
Posted on 1/4/20 at 1:27 pm to Purpleblooded
You don't space them that far apart. But yes, you just sweep in the sand. That will lock them in place.
Posted on 1/4/20 at 9:24 pm to rotrain
Do you have a tree or shrubs nearby where you want to do the pavers? You may have issues with the roots making them uneven after a period of time.
Posted on 1/4/20 at 10:48 pm to eng08
Thanks everyone. One location with roots from a live oak. The rest is open. Any thoughts on cost per square ft?
Posted on 1/5/20 at 6:16 pm to rotrain
If you have roots I can’t see how you keep it from looking like hell in 5 years without a concrete subsurface.
Posted on 1/5/20 at 7:00 pm to tide06
I have concrete base. No tree roots here. How sturdy are the bricks if done with this method?
This post was edited on 1/6/20 at 7:36 am
Posted on 1/5/20 at 7:43 pm to rotrain
You could do a pattern of bricks/ concrete with the concrete near the tree roots.
You also might need concrete borders to lock in the brick at the edges.
Another option is to trenchdown at the edge of the driveway with the live oak and cut the roots, but then you would also need to dig out all the old roots and put an edge footing to prevent the roots from growing back.
Driveway pavers are expensive, cost would be close to concrete or more if you need to do the concrete underneath and pavers.
There are some paver manufacturers in La on the northshore or hammond, you can try calling them.
You also might need concrete borders to lock in the brick at the edges.
Another option is to trenchdown at the edge of the driveway with the live oak and cut the roots, but then you would also need to dig out all the old roots and put an edge footing to prevent the roots from growing back.
Driveway pavers are expensive, cost would be close to concrete or more if you need to do the concrete underneath and pavers.
There are some paver manufacturers in La on the northshore or hammond, you can try calling them.
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