Pavers Installation Guide

1. Before demolition, all potential utility lines within the entire scope area must be located and marked.  This is especially important with Driveways.  Dig Alert (#811) will be contacted prior to this date.

2. Demolition, excavation and haul away of existing hardscape or softscape.  Vehicular areas will be excavated to a depth of 9.5'' from final top grade.  Pedestrian areas will be excavated to a depth of 7.5'' from final top grade.  RV's will require additional excavation and Class 2 base amounts.

3. Grade area per ICPI standards.  1/4'' fall per foot for the first 4 feet heading away from any structure.  1/8'' for every foot thereafter.

4. Plate Compact sub base (existing soil) after grading properly.

5. Prepare and plate compact Class II Crushed Aggregate Road base.  This should be compacted in 2'' lifts to the required height for each application.  6'' depth for vehicular.  4'' depth for pedestrian. 

6. Screed 1'' of sharp angled bedding sand onto surface of compacted base layer.  

7. Lay interlocking paving stones per the design or pattern chosen.

8. Perform all necessary edge cuts to accommodate design or pattern chosen.  This should be done with a wet saw to keep down higher levels of paver dust.

9. Trench and prepare concrete edge retains alongside any soft scape edge border of the paver field.  Lay border stones in this concrete bed.

10. Compact paver field with a plate compactor for a minimum of 2 passes.  This brings up the bedding sand layer approximately half way up between the pavers engaging the interlocking process.

11. Sweep in Polymeric Sand over the surface of the paver field into the cracks filling in the remaining area between the pavers.

12. Compact again a minimum of 2 passes to push down the polymeric sand filling up the paver cracks.

13. Softly air blow all remaining sand from surface of pavers.

14. Hose down paver field in a shower setting to "activate" the polymers within the sand effectively turning the sand into a "grout" between the pavers.

15. Wait a minimum of 24 hours to let area dry (weather permitting).  Then apply Techniseal Joint Stabilizing Sealer (optional) with a backpack sprayer.