Clay paving with nibs on only two sides - (is this permeable paving??)

[southeast]

Hi, first post here, so sorry fopr no intro but we have a job to do so...

We took up a job that was done by some cowboys recently so we need to re-lay the blocks. We normally always use Driveline 50 blocks with equal nibs on all sides.

The ones that we have taken up are clay pavers with nibs on the stretch and head only. This is creating us a nightmare as we cannot get straight lines and would really really appreciate some advice on how to lay them correctly due to company rep etc etc.

Could someone please help us out as we need to lay this in tomorrow. It would be highly appreciated.

The clay pavers we are laying have 2 nibs on the head and 4 on the stretch, we have been testing for the last part of the day but no matter what we cannot work out how to get them to fit together and get good straight lines.

Only thing I can say is, that before we took it up the lines were not straight anyway, and when we look at the back patio the lines are also snakey. We are not doing the back, we are only doing the front due to major sinkage as there was NO hardcore laid by the original contractor.

Also, I did a google search earlier, and someone had posted that it's not even possible to get straight lines with clay pavers.

Like I said, it is the first time that we have used them, and we are at a loss as to what to do next...

Thanks in advance for any input...

[southeast]

This is something similar to what we are re-laying.

Of course, as we didn't lay this in the first place, we have no idea which company supplied the blocks, but this is the closest match that I could find to what we are talking about.

Once again, TIA.

http://www.pavingexpert.com/images....ing.jpg

[lutonlagerlout]

most clay pavers only have nibs 2 sides as being clay rather than concrete they are fired in a kiln and there fore shrink while firing
with clays the idea is that you run a line every 6-8 course and have to reverse the nibs or sometimes wizz the nibbs off to keep your lines reasonably straight
we did one recently I will see if i can find a picture but if people want dead straight lines clays are not the way forward

cheers LLL

so use a line or straight edge every 6-8 course

[sy76uk]

Only just seen this one.
Tony couldn't have described it better in the post above.
I'very laid 1000's of m2 of clay paviers over the years.
Horrible to lay and cut but when done correctly they're lovely.