Edge courses last?!

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king walton
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Post: # 22926Post king walton

I have a irregular stone wall boundary and fitting the Edge course to the proflle needs a lots of skill and time. I am wondering if it is all right just cut a strightline on the paving blocks and after putting down a stright line of edge course, just to haunch them up with some cement between the gaps of Stone wall and edge course?

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scoffsred
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Post: # 22927Post scoffsred

You can put the edging course wherever you want, then the irregular shaped area can be filled with gravel or bark etc over a weed membrane, which will leave it looking better than a lot of unsightly cuts.

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Post: # 23002Post Tony McC

You can fit the edge course last, but it still needs top be laid on a concrete bed. Relying on a fillet of mortar between the back and the wall is bad practice and likely to fail in the medium-long term.

See this page for a neat methodology when laying edge blocks last.
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lutonlagerlout
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Post: # 23028Post lutonlagerlout

as usual the gaffer is right
nearly every bit of B P i see that has failed has the old haunch it with a trowel of soft sand cement rountine
but it will look odd if you run a jagged cut down to suit the wall,maybe leave a small bed say 225mm for a climber and then start your edge course??
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