How hard is clay pavers to lay

[TheVictorianCobbleCo]

So you get a piece of conveyor belt, how do you attach it to the wacker? The proper matt costs peanuts to hire, fits the machine, and you will waste more time and energy forever getting your piece of belt placed correctly - do it right or don't do it!

[Tony McC]

I asked Wacker to give me a guide price for a sole mat for a fairly usual PVP75 plate that I could post on the site to give contractors some idea of the cost. That was a month ago: still waiting!

[msh paving]

Just spoke to Kevin Renshaw from wacker the sales manager matt for a average plate such as a pvp75 a matt will cost approx £120-140+vat and delivery which is robbery in the daylight hours as far as i can see, MSH

[loudog]

140 plus vat, cant afford to be paying that. i made some enquiries with hire company and it will take a week to arrive and ive already started it, does anybody have any other suggestions, when wacking the pavers in (a) is it ok to leave the kiln dried sand on the pavers and wacker them in and (b) if you do leave the sand on there how would the rubber mat mark them as surely you would have the sand in between the pavers and the wacker, hope that made sense.

[Mikey_C]

I do remember hearing putting plenty of sand on the top and leaving it there will "help" to protect the blocks, the rest of the spoilt, chipped and broken ones you will have to replace, from my experience most of these will be the concreted in edgers.
What about trying a different hire company that may have one in stock?

best of luck

[Tony McC]

If you leave sand on the surface before compacting, there's a problem with some of that sand being crushed by the plate and marking the pavers. Some (usually the overly-fussy customers) see this as a stain; others (usually the experienced contractor) know that it tends to disappear in time. If you can live with it, then it's not a problem.

The "rubber" mat does NOT mark the blocks: that's the whole point of using one!

[loudog]

went to local hire place and they said i could hire for a couple of quid, bet its more when i come to get it, never mind problem solved, many thanks for all your info, great great site used often

[loudog]

Just an update: I hired the sole for the wacker plate £3 a day,:) also i just tried my block spliter and to my amazement it cut the clays fine, i would say it cut them better than the concrete pavers.

[msh paving]

Think yourself lucky if a standard cutter cut clay pavoirs without chipping them....MSH

[loudog]

Well i did think i was lucky, couldnt believe it, so do you think i just got lucky, i had a few bad cuts but not because of them chipping,