What kind of sand for pavers - Contractor Talk
Mar 19, 2006 · Hi guys new to the site but hello. Best bet for placing interlocking pavers is a 1 inch screeded area of coarse concrete sand. The coarser the sand the better. After placing 4-6 base of crush and run or crushed concrete for side walks and 6-10 base of crush n run for driveways this will be best. Make sure it is screeded equally and no deviations.
What kind of sand for pavers | Page 2 - Contractor Talk
Feb 25, 2006 · The setting bed sand must be clean and free draining to avoid water accumulation, possible "floating" of the pavers, that could end being not level anymore. You would also have a teduced strength of the entire paver/base/ sub-base sytem.
Mortar or sand set patio? - Contractor Talk
Jun 20, 2012 · The most common use of pavers (square feet annually) is dry set concrete pavers where no concrete is used under the paver. Most of the jobs are far bigger than patios and require much higher strength. There are also many different shapes and patterns. They are laid with tight joints on a 1" clean sand setting bed over a compacted base.
Sand for Pavers | Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and ...
Oct 12, 2011 · A traditional, high-performance concrete paver is laid in a 1" thick, uncompacted "concrete" sand setting bed and most commonly a fine concrete sand or a "masonry" sand is used, especially on large (20-40 acre) projects where high strength is needed.
Can pavers be pressure washed? - Contractor Talk
Feb 29, 2008 · 2 posts · Joined 2009. #13 · Mar 18, 2009. Like everybody else said. You can pressure wash pavers. Use a rotary or turbo nozzle to get a good cleanse. Hold it a couple feet away. Youll blow out some sand, make sure not to blow to deep or theyll have a tendency to become uneven. Swep in dry bagged sand and then seal.
Shifting pavers on several inches of sand - Contractor Talk
Dec 20, 2022 · The sand sediment build up is usually caused by HO repairs. The seams start to spread and a few brick start to shift due to undermining and the solution is to re-sand the pavers. So they dump sand on top and brush it around till it fills in the cracks. Rinse and repeat a few times and you are left with what you found here.
Non-Polymeric Sand for Paver Joints? - Contractor Talk
May 16, 2016 · Polymeric sand is not 3 bucks a bag. It is 20 bucks a bag. And I had to take a trip to the mason supply store. To avoid haze, the surface has to be dry. You can't sand after power washing. You can't sand if there is a little rain. You can't sand if there is dew on the blocks. It is kind of obnoxious.
Estimate paver sweep sand - Contractor Talk
Nov 11, 2009 · For holland pavers (and basically all well installed non-tumbled pavers) you will get about 80-100 sf of coverage from a typical 50-60lb bag. Larger pavers and tumbled pavers cuts your coverage in half.
Ants overtaking my pavers - Contractor Talk
May 19, 2006 · 1087 posts · Joined 2006. #1 · May 19, 2006. Last year I installed 2,000 pavers for a sidewalk and patio with firepit. Now this year it seams the ants are enjoying it too. I've been dumping some granules in the hills, that seems to take care of the problem for a couple weeks. But now they are really busy digging up the sand in between the pavers.
Paver sand joint fill - Contractor Talk
May 20, 2012 · Just laid my 'old street paver' patio. Just need to make some cuts and work the edge soldier coarse a bit and fill the joints with some kind of sand. Its not my field but it is my patio ( apx. 300 sf. ) and want my investment to be sound. Getting varying opinions on what to use. have read that some polymeric sand has ended up staining the bricks.