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Cheapest and easiest way to lay pavers?
Posted on 5/29/23 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 5/29/23 at 1:06 pm
I'm not a DIY or outdoors guy but I'm way too cheap to pay someone $200 a month to cut the grass. But I also hate doing it myself (seem to be allergic to everything out there).
I feel like If I lay pavers down in the majority of my backyard it would both look good and lessen my yardwork.
Is this viable for someone who's not really that handy? Is there any skill to it or anything?
I feel like If I lay pavers down in the majority of my backyard it would both look good and lessen my yardwork.
Is this viable for someone who's not really that handy? Is there any skill to it or anything?
This post was edited on 5/29/23 at 1:07 pm
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Posted on 5/29/23 at 1:13 pm to SM1010
commit to even numbers and square angles and it’s relatively easy. Knowing the installed dimensions of your pavers, set your edge forms (2x4’s) so the the pavers course out without cutting. Prep the surface as even and level as you can. Lay the pavers per recommended spacing using string across the forms to keep straight. water them in and spend a couple days walking on them. Spread sand as grout with a push broom. Pull the edge forms
Posted on 5/29/23 at 2:00 pm to SM1010
I had pavers around a house I owned. In the back, side, driveway. I would not want them again, shite always growing up through the seams.
Posted on 5/29/23 at 2:18 pm to SM1010
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Cheapest and easiest
Pick 1 or the other but not both.
Posted on 5/29/23 at 3:31 pm to SM1010
Have you actually looked at the price of pavers yet?
Posted on 5/29/23 at 3:43 pm to SM1010
To be honest, and not trying to be rude, you don’t seem like the type of person that could tackle a big paver project.
Posted on 5/29/23 at 4:46 pm to SM1010
Look up some YouTube videos because if you don't know what you're doing it'll likely look like shite.
Posted on 5/29/23 at 5:40 pm to SM1010
hire some Mexicans.
Posted on 5/29/23 at 5:47 pm to greenbean
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hire some Mexicans.
Posted on 5/29/23 at 7:09 pm to SM1010
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I'm not a DIY or outdoors guy but I'm way too cheap to pay someone $200 a month to cut the grass. But I also hate doing it myself
I am a DIY guy and I did my patio and it was gruelling work. Not saying I would not do it again but I have a much better understanding of what to expect in time and energy spent.
This post was edited on 5/29/23 at 7:12 pm
Posted on 5/29/23 at 7:15 pm to SM1010
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Is this viable for someone who's not really that handy?
No.
Posted on 5/29/23 at 7:26 pm to 9rocket
Sounds like a no go. Thanks everyone.
Posted on 5/29/23 at 9:22 pm to SM1010
Just read a thread above this one about a guy having trouble setting his pavers. It can be a nightmare to tackle this if you aren’t familiar.
Not saying don’t try, but it can be physically exhausting and frustrating
Not saying don’t try, but it can be physically exhausting and frustrating
Posted on 5/30/23 at 4:07 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
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I would not want them again, shite always growing up through the seams.
Brush in polymeric sand and seal and you don't have that problem.
Posted on 5/30/23 at 4:24 pm to SM1010
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Cheapest and easiest way to lay pavers
Get them drunk?
Posted on 5/30/23 at 5:53 pm to 9rocket
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Just read a thread above this one about a guy having trouble setting his pavers. It can be a nightmare to tackle this if you aren’t familiar.
Yeah I spent 3 afternoons trying to get it right. Screeding and rescreeding over and over. Some of the pavers move a lot and I don't care anymore. I just laid them and am going to live with it.
Posted on 5/30/23 at 7:46 pm to AUstar
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and I don't care anymore
I feel ya, bro. It can be brutal.
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