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Road base for brick and sand walkway? Peter Seibel 07-17-2008
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Posted by Peter Seibel on July 17, 2008, 2:04 am
I'm laying a brick path more or less per the instructions here:

http://www.cornerhardware.com/howto/ht023.html

Those instructions call for "engineered road base" to be put under the
sand. I went to a big masonry supply store today and bought six sacks
of 1/4 minus gravel. I now realize that I probably wanted 3/4 minus--
that seems, based on some Googling, to be more like what is used as
actual road base. So my question is, what are the consequences of
using the 1/4 minus gravel that I have (and can't return)?

-Peter

Posted by jloomis on July 17, 2008, 9:33 am
put some dry concrete in each of the six sacks of gravel and wet it lightly
when placing the bricks in.
jloomis

> I'm laying a brick path more or less per the instructions here:
>
> http://www.cornerhardware.com/howto/ht023.html
>
> Those instructions call for "engineered road base" to be put under the
> sand. I went to a big masonry supply store today and bought six sacks
> of 1/4 minus gravel. I now realize that I probably wanted 3/4 minus--
> that seems, based on some Googling, to be more like what is used as
> actual road base. So my question is, what are the consequences of
> using the 1/4 minus gravel that I have (and can't return)?
>
> -Peter



Posted by Peter Seibel on July 17, 2008, 11:15 am
> put some dry concrete in each of the six sacks of gravel and wet it light=
ly
> when placing the bricks in.

Hmmm, what will that do? I guess I'm unclear on the exact purpose of
the road base so I can't figure out whether finer base is going to be
better, worse, or indifferent. Also I don't think I can wet it as I'm
putting the bricks in because at that point it'll be under a couple
inches of sand.

-Peter

Posted by jloomis on July 18, 2008, 9:14 am



> put some dry concrete in each of the six sacks of gravel and wet it
> lightly
> when placing the bricks in.

Hmmm, what will that do? I guess I'm unclear on the exact purpose of
the road base so I can't figure out whether finer base is going to be
better, worse, or indifferent. Also I don't think I can wet it as I'm
putting the bricks in because at that point it'll be under a couple
inches of sand.

-Peter

It sets the aggregate under the brick.......
It is a common practice.....
Some put raw concrete in sand and do the same.
Underground companies use a mixture of sand and concrete to set the subgrade
back to original.
Packed rock is just as good. (road base)
jloomis



Posted by Rudy on July 17, 2008, 8:08 pm
>> Those instructions call for "engineered road base" to be put under the
>> sand. I went to a big masonry supply store today and bought six sacks
>> of 1/4 minus gravel. I now realize that I probably wanted 3/4 minus--
>> that seems, based on some Googling, to be more like what is used as
>> actual road base. So my question is, what are the consequences of
>> using the 1/4 minus gravel that I have (and can't return)?

Go to a aggregate yard and get a 1/4-1/2 yard of "3/4 minus" or road base
if thats what they callit.
Cost: less than $ 10.00
Save the 'bags' for some other project



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