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Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:00 pm
by PDPDPD
Hi, I'm new here and although I've done quite a lot of DIY building projects before, this is my first block paving project, It's a front garden pavement from door steps to pavement, it slopes from house to pavement, and also from raised lawn side to drive, (opposite side), my question is "are the soldier edgings laid on the concrete when wet, or dry, or somewhere in between, or on a mortar bed after the concrete has set". Spent the last few evenings reading various pages on the main site, yet haven't seen the answer to this, hope you can help, great site.
Pete,
PDPDPD.
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:54 am
by seanandruby
Welcome pete. You dont want the concrete so wet that the edges sink, or too dry so it wont go off. You need it wet enough to be workable, about 30/50 slump.
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:28 am
by Dave_L
You are paving your front garden area Pete?
Be sure to install some drainage otherwise you might fall foul of the flawed 'legislation'..........
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:16 pm
by PDPDPD
Thanks a lot, edging along pavement done today, I'm not paving the whole of the front, just a pathway from the front door to the pavement, (at the moment), it's about 4M wide at the house narrowing to about 2 at the pavement, and about 5M long. with a wavy edge to the raised lawn to one side, Driveway next, lucky I got going today, tomorrow the pavements are to be re-tarmac'd, they should be able to tarmac just over my haunching, hopefully not disturbing my edging blocks, just started raining, going to sheet up, bye, and thanks again.
I'm sure I'll be back for more advice, must get pics of project thus far.
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 2:18 pm
by paulblack
you bed them on mortar but no cross joints and plenty of mortar on the back edge so they dont fall over
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:55 am
by seanandruby
paulblack wrote:you bed them on mortar but no cross joints and plenty of mortar on the back edge so they dont fall over
Eh ???
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:50 am
by lutonlagerlout
paulblack wrote:you bed them on mortar but no cross joints and plenty of mortar on the back edge so they dont fall over
do you mean concrete paul?
all kerbs etc are bedded on concrete (fairly dry leanmix) then haunched with a stronger wetter concrete
regards LLL
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:27 pm
by PDPDPD
OK, thanks for the advice folks, moving on, as the paved area is to slope both front to back and sideways with the added complication that one side will follow a curved lawn retaining wall which I built a month or so ago (lawn now finished), and a semi circular door step (been done years), I would really value some advice as to how to proceed, the obvious problems I face seem to be how to screed the sand I'm to bed the blocks on and whether to cut the soldier blocks against the curved retaining walls, for starters.
Should I continue with this thread or start a new on the theme of the project, also shall I post photos, to give a better idea of the job in hand ?
Thanks,
Pete ®
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:56 pm
by seanandruby
PDPDPD wrote:OK, thanks for the advice folks, moving on, as the paved area is to slope both front to back and sideways with the added complication that one side will follow a curved lawn retaining wall which I built a month or so ago (lawn now finished), and a semi circular door step (been done years), I would really value some advice as to how to proceed, the obvious problems I face seem to be how to screed the sand I'm to bed the blocks on and whether to cut the soldier blocks against the curved retaining walls, for starters.
Should I continue with this thread or start a new on the theme of the project, also shall I post photos, to give a better idea of the job in hand ?
Thanks,
Pete ®
Screed rails to screed off. cuts depending on the curve and how wide the joints will be. Continue with this thread now and definetly a photo, or two.
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:07 pm
by PDPDPD
OK thanks,
I've looked for nearly an hour now and cannot find how to post photos, am I missing something ? presumably .jpg's are ok as this is what cameras produce ?
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:37 pm
by Mikey_C
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:45 pm
by PDPDPD
Many thanks, getting on with it.
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 4:47 pm
by PDPDPD
oop's
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:38 pm
by lutonlagerlout
the jpegs need to be email size to start,most digital cameras will have this setting on them
i use www.imageshack.us but other use flicker and iother sites
all the best LLL
