The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Mon May 21, 2018 4:57 pm**

Hi

I'm in the process of laying my own 55 sqm block paved driveway and am at the bedding layer stage. Following the advice on this site I intend to use the pre-compaction method

Due to time constraints I'm unable to screed the sand and lay large areas of blocks at any one time. So my questions are ;

Is it ok to screed and lay blocks in small sections ?

Will the uncompacted blocks be able to sustain light foot traffic for a few days ?

Thanks in advance

Posted: **Mon May 21, 2018 5:49 pm**

if you must do it this way ,it is best to use scaffold boards to spread the load a bit,ideally keep away from unbound edges
thanks
LLL

Posted: **Mon May 21, 2018 9:20 pm**

Thanks for the reply

Minimising the foot traffic, how long can the paving remain uncompacted ?

Thanks
J

Posted: **Tue May 22, 2018 1:54 pm**

Trouble with that is you will get migration on the end blocks so will be continually taking up the leading edge and relaying.

Posted: **Tue May 22, 2018 3:29 pm**

Thanks for the reply

I know its not ideal, but I think I'm trying to take a bit of confidence from my hope that there must be driveways out there that have been successfully laid - despite doing parts of it arse about face.

Here's hoping.....

J

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