Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:19 pm
Hi, What a great site!
I have spent an hour or so reading through the site and I am really pleased that I did as it has lead me to change the way I intend going about a forthcoming project. However, before going ahead I would like to check that I haven’t got something horribly wrong before I start!
The area to be paved is approx 40m2 and it is a sun terrace. It consists of an oblong 10m X 3m with an additional triangle at one end. The whole area is enclosed by existing kerb stones and is lower than the surrounding area. The base consists of consolidated crushed rock and the site naturally slops away from the house. The location of the site is in southern Spain so it gets a lot of direct sun and when it rains it rains! The local paving is terracotta tiles 400x400, about 2cm thick with deep ribs underneath.
Having taken on board what I have read here I intend laying the pavers on a 3cm (is this deep enough?) 10:1 dry mix bedding layer and then grouting with a dry 4:1 mix. I assume that I need to bed the pavers in so that the whole paver is supported rather than just the ribs. If the above is correct is there anything else that I need to take into account? Two points that come to mind are: is a dry base correct taking into account the strength of the pavers and do I need to allow for expansion and contraction and if so how?.
I have spent an hour or so reading through the site and I am really pleased that I did as it has lead me to change the way I intend going about a forthcoming project. However, before going ahead I would like to check that I haven’t got something horribly wrong before I start!
The area to be paved is approx 40m2 and it is a sun terrace. It consists of an oblong 10m X 3m with an additional triangle at one end. The whole area is enclosed by existing kerb stones and is lower than the surrounding area. The base consists of consolidated crushed rock and the site naturally slops away from the house. The location of the site is in southern Spain so it gets a lot of direct sun and when it rains it rains! The local paving is terracotta tiles 400x400, about 2cm thick with deep ribs underneath.
Having taken on board what I have read here I intend laying the pavers on a 3cm (is this deep enough?) 10:1 dry mix bedding layer and then grouting with a dry 4:1 mix. I assume that I need to bed the pavers in so that the whole paver is supported rather than just the ribs. If the above is correct is there anything else that I need to take into account? Two points that come to mind are: is a dry base correct taking into account the strength of the pavers and do I need to allow for expansion and contraction and if so how?.