Edging tile queries

[rautospoon]

Hi, I have obtained some eight and a half inch high, Victorian, gothic panel, blue/black, clay edging tiles that I plan to use to form a dividing feature between a path and a border.

A couple of queries:

1. Should they be "butted together" or laid with a small gap between each one?
2. What % of their height should be "bedded" and "haunched" in ("dryish" mix) concrete ?

Many thanks.

[Tony McC]

Close jointed - see this page

As faor haunching, it depends on the tile itself and how you plan to use it. I'd reckon you'd need at least 50mm keyed in at the front and the haunch at the back to come up to at least within 100mm of the top.

Send me some pictues - email them to me

[rautospoon]

Thanks for the info Tony, much appreciated.

I've sent you ("direct") a pic of the tile in question as not sure how to attach pics on here - all my pics are on my laptop as Windows Pictures.

I will be using the tiles to form a "division" between a soil border and a gravel path, the soil level being a couple inches "higher" than the gravel level.

Cheers.

[Tony McC]

I'd want to show as much of the face of the edging tile as is possible, but if you have just 50mm or so between soil level and gravel level, than that dictates what would look right....



...so if you bed them in concrete up to the line I've drawn, that will give you 50-75mm upstand, which is enough for your purposes and shows enough of teh tile to appreciate its beauty.

[rautospoon]

Many thanks Tony for both uploading my photo and the advice which I will follow.

All the best.