The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Thu Dec 09, 2004 2:10 pm**

I would be most grateful for your advice on the following. My drive slopes quite steeply down to pavement and I intend block paving it with "Blockleys" clay pavers. The problem is that the pavement is not parallel with the front of the house/garage. Where should I start from the garage down or the pavement up ? - If I start from the bottom I guess I will need to measure accurately from the front of the house - how would this be done ?

Also I have been advised to lay the pavers on stone dust - Is this OK ? Should I cement any in place because of the steepness ?

I look forward to your advice and my compliments on your highly informative site.

Posted: **Thu Dec 09, 2004 10:57 pm**

Always lay pavers uphill, so you need to start at the pavement. You can use the 3-4-5 triangle trick to create a base line that is perpendicular to the house.

Stone dust is sometimes suitable as a laying course materiual, but it really does need to be of the right rock type and the right size of grains. Some stone dusts are more dust than stone, and may not be sufficiently free-draining to be used as a laying course. Unless the supplier can prove to me that their stone dust meets the requirements of a laying course material, I;d be happier to stick with a trusted and proven grit sand.

"Cement in place"? Do you mean intermediate restraining courses? These may be needed, but without seeing a layout plan, I can't be sure. If the length of the pavement up the slope exceeds 10 metres, it's pretty likely that intermediate restraints would be a good idea.

The Brew Cabin

Steep drive with clay pavers