Best Ways To Improve On Your Paving Project

This summer, start your paving project. It is best to manage the walkway paving task during the warm weather conditions. Talk to landscape experts to learn about the best options available. You need to design your backyard and make it a place to adore. A well decorated backyard will bring more positivity to the home environment. It will make the family members come closer to nature while enjoying quality time together.

Here are a few tips from expert paving contractors in Santa Clarita to manage your landscaping project. 

Marking the excavation area

Yes, this is the most crucial part of the project. You need to identify the excavation area that will be paved. Mark the area accordingly. Once the marking is done, you need to remove the unnecessary vegetation and soil while excavating through depth measurement. Take expert guidance to learn about the approximate depth of excavation required for landscape paving. Always keep in mind, without proper depth, it will be difficult to manage the sub base and the paving installation. Since you are working on backyard pedestrian projects, the excavation depth will be 100 mm for road base and 30 mm for sand and then there will be the paver thickness to calculate.

Base preparation process

This is again, a very crucial part of the project. Preparing a good and stable base helps in strengthening the walkway of your backyard. With the right type of foundation, your pathway will have low maintenance and less prone to impacts. To commence, select the excavated area and distribute over it the base evenly. With the help of a plate compactor, you need to compact the base. Do it more than once to ensure greater strength. Next, you need to spread sand (washed) over the base. Make sure to spread it evenly with focus on creating thickness around 30mm. Use a timber float to screed the excess sand and level the plane perfectly. 

Paver laying process

So you have worked on the base. Now, it is time to lay the pavers. Start with setting up a string line that runs through the edges of the paved area. Such an approach will help in adjusting the straightness of the pavers. Now, start laying the pavers from one side of the walkway in an ‘across’ pattern. Wait, there is more to the process. You need to make sure that some gaping is there between two paver slabs. The joints will be created using sand for better strength and agility. You need to ensure that the paver slabs are perfectly leveled. Take help of a rubber mallet to level the uneven areas. Take a mixture of cement and sand to lock the paver sides.