Victorian blue pavers - to mortar or not

[Byron]

Hi,

I have a paved area outside the front of my house which is currently paved with victorian blue pavers (the smooth variety rather than the diamond pattern).

Various 'repairs' have been made using slabs of concrete and some areas have dropped where old drainage runs exist.

I was planning to relay all the pavers and replace the lumps of concrete with reclaimed matches for the originals.

I was planning a bed of MOT with a blinding of sand to the required depths.

My questions are:
1. The current pavers are mortared together (incredibly thin joints) which I'm reliably informed is acheived with a slurry of lime and fine sand and then sawdust is used to remove the excess and any mortar left on the faces. Would it be best to remortar joints or use block paving sand?
2. Given that there is likely to be little or no gap between the blocks (as there are no spacing tabs like there are on modern blocks) will bps be suitable and will it hold pavers sufficiently?

[seanandruby]

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[lutonlagerlout]

i would bed these on a mortar bed,dont think they would take a wacker plate, the sawdust routine is one i used to use on quarry tiles,very time consuming
might be easier to use a polymeric and make the joints a little bigger
LLL

[irishpaving]

i always go wiv a mortar bed on these like LLL stated.. Finished wiv the wider joint