Edge restraints and sand bed: 1 day Paver installation: 1–7 days, depending on patio size and design complexity Sand or polymeric sand application: 1 day Finishing touches: 1 day Total: 6–14 days ...

Tips For Preparing A Dirt Base For Pavers If you want to create your paver patio directly over dirt and don't plan to add the recommended base materials like sand and gravel, these tips can help ...

Whether shoppers are building a paver patio or an entire stone driveway, Black Diamond Coatings’ joint stabilizing polymeric sand provides the quality and color options to help complete the task ...

Pavers may be laid upon a concrete slab, bedded in mortar, or dry-laid on a prepared base of gravel and bedding sand. The latter requires the least amount of work and skill and is best suited to ...

Now let's start to install the polymeric sand. What we're going to do is bring 50-pound bags over to the work site and start opening those up and dumping them all over the paver patio.

Q. Pavers are top on my mind. I'm planning a paver patio and want to be ready to go when the weather is favorable. Because of the harsh economy, I can't afford to hire a contractor.

My new flat patio soon was not so flat. The sand beneath the pavers was being transported away grain-by-grain by union members of chipmunk miners local 104.

The sand should slope to force water to flow away from the home. Lay out the remodeling pavers in the desired pattern from the truest 90 degree angled corner.

The sand should slope to force water to flow away from the home. Lay out the remodeling pavers in the desired pattern from the truest 90 degree angled corner.

For a 100-square-foot patio, you need 400 pavers, plus 20 extras. To figure out how many edgers are needed, add up the lengths of the sides being edged and divide by the length of an edger.

Transforming an old, worn-out concrete patio into the envy of the neighborhood using remodeling pavers is growing in popularity. The full installation process is available on YouTube.

Transforming an old, worn-out concrete patio into the envy of the neighborhood using remodeling pavers is growing in popularity. The full installation process is available on YouTube.