Any tips on laying clay paving

[loudog]

Hi to all. I have layed quite a few block paved drives but i have to do a 70sqm drive in clay pavers for a client, I have made some enquiries on the laying tenique ( using string lines as the pavers vary in sizes) I must admit i am not looking forward to the job as its unknown to me. Does anyone have any helpful tips, many thanks if you do.

[Mikey_C]

having remembered a recent thread on this subject I thought I direct you to it, however on inspection, "you" started it, are you getting old Mr Loudog? try here

[loudog]

lol well i aint attractin any females any more so yeah getting bit old, Yeah i know i posted earliar thread but just a bit worried about laying these clay pavers as everyone i have talked to has said they havent done it or told to leave it alone, so just trying to get as much info from you experts as i can. Plus i love this web site.

[lutonlagerlout]

theres no big mysteries with them loudog,same laying tech with addition of lines and a rubber mat on the wacker
also a disc cutter for the cuts
i like them myself
LLL

[loudog]

phewwww, ok thanks may get a bit of sleep tonight now as works starts tomorrow. could you make a rubber mat for the whacker or is it not worth messing round, i say this as i have a big sheet of rubber mat which i could cut drill some holes and tie it on the whacker.

[GB_Groundworks]

depends on the make up of the rubber, has to be the non marking type otherwise you'll scuff black marks on all your clays

[Tony McC]

It's NOT a rubber mat. It's neoprene, which is a man-made polymer that is much, much tougher than rubber and non-marking.

These sole plates get referred to as "rubber mats" in lazy site parlance, in much the same way that some brickies refer to their mortar as 'muck'. If they were to use actual muck (manure), they'd soon be back driving a taxi!

[lutonlagerlout]

ye sorry "rubber matt " is site parlance and you have to hire them or buy them bits of carpet etc do NOT work
As for muck,in 25 years on sites the only people i have heard refer to it as mortar are chancers and clerk of the works, i know different areas have different nicknames for it,worked with some lads from brighton and they called it pug
I dont think its lazy its just the changing vernacular of language also on site its better to keep it short and sweet,
"muck up!" is a battle cry i can relate to,if i heard some one say "may i have 10 litres of mortar on my 600mm by 600mm pre-soaked wdf plywood" i would be seriously worried
LOL

LLL :;):

[GB_Groundworks]

if i heard some one say "may i have 10 litres of mortar on my 600mm by 600mm pre-soaked wdf plywood" i would be seriously worried
LOL

LLL :;):

especially if they ended it with Darling as well haha

[Tony McC]

When I was 5 or 6 years old, I honestly thought it was called "kincompo". I'd be playing in the sand with my toy diggers watching my dad excavating for sewers or laying kerbs, and the brickies would keep shouting, "Kev! Where's me 'kincompo?"

[seanandruby]

...compo it is in b'ham.