Transform your garden to an entertaining or relaxing haven with this tutorial that demonstrates how to lay a patio with the experts at wickes.
How to lay 24 x 30 patio stones.
Drop the paver into place and give each one a good rap with a rubber mallet.
The patio should keep the same level as you go along.
Make sure you re not dragging the pavers across the sand and never stomp a paver into place.
Slide each paver straight down the edge of the adjacent paver.
Next lay your pavers.
Work as if you re starting at the tip of a triangle and working out.
Consider the basket weave design which allows you to place two bricks if using bricks or brick like stones vertically with the next two horizontally.
Lay pavers by placing them straight down in the sand do not slide them along the ground or kick them into place and disturb the sand.
Lay 1 to 2 rows of patio stones.
Check the grade with a level to ensure proper drainage.
Lay all your pavers then go around the edges and measure and cut all the other pavers.
Do not slide the paver along the sand or you will trap sand between the two pavers.
Lay the pavers in the pattern you desire.
Keep the pavers as close together as possible.
Lay out the 24 inch square pavers starting with a corner adjacent to a vertical wall or surface.
There are more finer points to this but you will figure it out.
Press the second paver into place by holding it against the edge of the first and dropping the second into place.
A quality screed will take alot of time but makes laying the pavers really easy.
Starting at a patio corner lay out the paver stones one by one.
Cover the area with weed blocking fabric.
Start at one corner and keep the blocks as close to each other as possible.
How to install 24 concrete pavers.
Lay the brick on top of the stone dust tapping each of the stones into place using a rubber mallet.
When setting the stones place them straight down into the sand and fit them together snuggly.
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Add a layer of aggregate and.
Continue laying patio stones in the desired pattern.
Layout the patio stones in the pattern you like first on the grass if they are unevenly shaped.
As you lay each paver down tap it a bit with a rubber mallet so it is nicely seated in the sand.