How many pavours in a square meter ?

[Mick Leek]

Hi all.

I know the answer will be here somewhere, but i have a nasty feeling i wont have enough blocks to re lay my drive.

It was lifted to allow new extension and drains to be done. But also widened it another 1200mm to make it easier for 2 cars to park. The extension has used up a little of the drive length and i also have about 500 spare paviours from when i first did it.

I will have a measure and see what area i need to cover but meanwhile can someone answer my question ? Pretty please.

[bobhughes]

A block is 100x200mm
A Squ metre is 1000x1000mm
10 blocks side by side would be 10x100=1000
5 blocks end to end would be 5x200=1000
so 1 squ metre would need 10x5 blocks
That equals 50 blocks to the squ metre so 500 blocks would cover up to 10 squ metres. Of course if you lay them diagonally there will be some wastage.

[lutonlagerlout]

when we do extensions like this what we do is take up all the originals and put down a new band course in charcoal then lay the original blocks back in the centre ,this way normally ensures you have enough blocks so you dont get patching
band course can be many different things apart from soldiers ,i have even done one 300 mm deep in flemish bond
hope this helps
tony LLL

[Mick Leek]

I did it originally in basket weave ( is that what its called ) Mainly because i had never tried it before, and i didnt want to cut lots of clay paviours. tried with the guilotene type thing and they shattered.

I may try hering bone. What is flemish ? is it harder then basket weave ?

[lutonlagerlout]

lot of cutting in flemish ,forget it if you dont like cutting
i find the stihl TS 400 with diamond blade cuts clay pavers ok
regards LLL

[seanandruby]

flemish sounds time consuming. header then stretcher. loads of cutting.

[lutonlagerlout]

yes it is ,but i have only ever used it on a border never the main area.
btw mick leek basket weave is not recommended for domestic driveways===> too many straight joints
herringbone all the way for drives mate 45 or 90
cheers LLL

[Mick Leek]

Whats the problem with straight joints ? It seemed to be ok and it had been down for about 6 or 7 years before i lifted it.

I think i will take your advice and put in a dark border. The pavers are very light what colour would you suggest as the border.

Here is a piccie, ignore me and all the elec boxes its the only picture i can find to show you what it WAS like



By the way,

Non of you guys live near me and fancy re laying it do you

[lutonlagerlout]

i would also change that manhole to a insert cover,its sticks out like a tanner on a sweep's arse
problem with straight joints mick is that if you drive in the same position every day they are prone to wander,i notice you have clay pavers so that is a good sign,i would use charcoal for the border
good luck
LLL

[Mick Leek]

lutonlagerlout

Thanks for the advice.

The manhole unfortunatly cant be changed i dont think. The area where the drive is used to be about 4 feet higher than it is now. I dug it all away to level and had to reduce the brickwork inside the manhole.

The concrete plynth ( Biscuit ? ) is directly under the drive. I couldnt lay any sand on top or the blocks would have been higher than the rest its that close. I had to directly place pavours on a bed of about 10mm and a very strong cement mix.

I,m luck that i live 4 miles from Accrington brick works "you know accy NORI brick" Marshalls make the clay pavers there. I know a guy who works there. Unfortunatly, he went around a corner too fast one day, and they fell of the back of his lorry right outside my drive

No seriously, they are seconds i paid about £5.00 per square meter but they only had that colour at the time. the edges or chamfer arent perfect but they look ok once down and sanded.

Mick.