- 1. Paving a brick walkway.... (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Lee - Team Banana Racing <mikel@ichips.intel.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 12:31:25 -0700
- Now that the weather is finally cooperative, I get the joy of putting in a new and shed. It's not all bad; all the gardening/lawn stuff goes into the shed, giving me that much more room in the garage
- /html/shop-talk/2000-07/msg00076.html (8,651 bytes)
- 2. Re: Paving a brick walkway.... (score: 1)
- Author: "Rex Burkheimer" <rex@txol.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 17:06:41 -0700
- My only experience has been on a level, sandy soil. We just edged one side of the path with 1x4 pressure treated wood, leveled the path to the wood, put down plastic to keep the "foundation" from was
- /html/shop-talk/2000-07/msg00081.html (9,765 bytes)
- 3. Re: Paving a brick walkway.... (score: 1)
- Author: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 15:29:16 -0700
- Regarding the walkway, I've been working on this sort of thing too. I ended up simply putting down 4" of 5/8-minus gravel and that is all. It "walks on" very nicely, doesn't shift under foot, and can
- /html/shop-talk/2000-07/msg00082.html (7,862 bytes)
- 4. RE: Paving a brick walkway.... (score: 1)
- Author: "Gene Merritt" <merrittgene@uswest.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 23:50:47 -0500
- As with many projects, details are everything. I doubt that you could level the soil enough to evenly support the bricks, so you'll need some sand. I'm sure the book has the right procedure: 1. dig t
- /html/shop-talk/2000-07/msg00087.html (9,610 bytes)
- 5. RE: Paving a brick walkway.... (score: 1)
- Author: "Gene Merritt" <merrittgene@uswest.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 17:15:31 -0500
- As with many projects, details are everything. I doubt that you could level the soil enough to evenly support the bricks, so you'll need some sand. I'm sure the book has the right procedure: 1. dig t
- /html/shop-talk/2000-07/msg00093.html (9,602 bytes)
- 6. RE: Paving a brick walkway.... (score: 1)
- Author: sdillen@ca.ibm.com
- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 16:11:40 -0700
- I'm in Vancouver, BC (same rain quotient as Portland), and have had success with the bricks on sand. I generally go several inches thick with the sand, and put an edge in to hold everything in place.
- /html/shop-talk/2000-07/msg00094.html (10,335 bytes)
- 7. Re: Paving a brick walkway.... (score: 1)
- Author: "Rex Burkheimer" <rex@txol.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 08:19:55 -0700
- Here's how I leveled mine: 1 - Set 1x4 edging to mark the outer edge of the walk Walk had a slope, the edging established the rate. I used a string to align it. 2 - Cut a 2x4 2" longer than the width
- /html/shop-talk/2000-07/msg00098.html (12,869 bytes)
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