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Installing Pavers

From: WilliamHeffernanBRS@hotmail.com
Category: Landscaping
Remote Name: 64.198.181.158
Date: 19 May 2003
Time: 06:29 PM

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I'm installing pavers in front of a storage barn. I have excavted to a depth of about 4-5 inches. I compacted the soil. I filled the void with "Quickcrete all purpose gravel". As the area I'm installing the pavers is only 6'X 6', I did not tamp/compact the gravel. The gravel is very loose. Will this be ok once I add the layer of sand? Should I try and wash some sand down into the gravel to make it more firm? Thanks, William P.S. I have used railroad ties as the perimeter. The ties are secured together at the ends with 8" screws.

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