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Posted by bdeditch on April 9, 2007, 2:18 pm
Thanks for all the help. I am going to use the gravel. The soil
conditions that I have is a clay with lots a bigger rocks in it.
Nothing really grows in it because of the gumbo it makes when its wet.
I am also going to be laying out 3" drainage pipe covered in Landscape
fabric putting course around it as well and then puting the base
gravel over that, if the expects here think that is a good plan.
> there are definitely stds for this, and some may include both rock and
> screeding materials, if not more than 2 layers, possibly of diff thickness'
> and grid mesh sizes. Depends where it is, and what its doing. The only
> thing I have heard sand for is in the days after the stones are laid, when
> you tamp the stones if necc and for brooming in between the cracks, even
> annually. Limestone screeding is the fine stuff that packs and when wetted,
> becomes hard, but won't completely fill between the gaps. It takes time but
> sand will make a grout -like bridge between all stones. Possibly sand and
> definitely dirt will allow grass, moss, weeds to grow through over time. If
> it was a driveway, and more Z-brick stone-sized brick, and I think if you
> used sand, you would see tire track grooves over time. Pathways can slant.
> Done right it would be a permanent feature of your landscaping, and can be a
> totally flat platform, if poss.
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