Screeding a paving laying course 

You can see the process fully explained in the FAQ on my website - www.pavingexpert.com/screed_faq01.htm

The full process is explained in great detail on the linked webpage

No: every part of it is wrong and it's a recipe for disaster. Placing a mortar over a layer of unbound sand is just asking for it to crack and fail. Cowboy methodoloy!

just bought your book Tony. good stuff mate.

Tony McCormack it's nice good job. Better future for the Generations.

This is rediculous what is the point of this video everyone’s gone crazy

Unless it's a cut and the gap is almost nonexistent and sand doesn't get in there I suppose?

You should NEVER add cement to the laying course for flexible block paving. Although it sounds illogical, that would actually make the pavement worse than it is. This is because you would in effect have a 'rigid' (and relatively fragile) layer sandwiched in between two unbound (and intended to move ever so silghtly) layers: the sub-base and the blocks themselves. Over time, the cement-bound laying course would crack under the load, but becaus eit is bound/rigid, it has no chance to recover - it can only ever get worse. The correct fix is to have a sound and reliable sub-base. When the sub-base is properly and corectly constructed, you should get very minimal or no settlement whatsoever. My own driveweay has been happily taking builders' vans, trucks and cars for 24 years and there's not noticeable settlement at all. We *do* a use sand/cement bed beneath flagstones, but this is a different form of paving and the sand/cement is prepared in a different manner, as a wet/moist mortar, rather than a dry-ish mix of sand and cement. There's a lot more about this, including how to correct low spots on a block paved driveway, on my website - www.pavingexpert.com/refurb_04.htm

Tony McCormack Thanks for the quick reply. Total understand what you mean. Cheers

That only creates hard spots.lift and relay only answer. Compact well.

See the web-page: www.pavingexpert.com/screeding#final-titivating

@@TonyMcCormack Very interesting thanks, more to it than I thought

There is an optimum moisture content to achieve maximum compaction with the coarse sand used for the laying course. We look for 8-13%, which is damp-ish. Generally speaking, if the sand clumps together when you squeeze a handful, but no water runs out, that's about right. More about this on the website.....www.pavingexpert.com/screeding.htm

Not a video, but a fully illustrated guide to how falls are calculated and established - www.pavingexpert.com/setout02

That's explained on the website - www.pavingexpert.com/screeding.htm

Weeds don't always grow through the slabs it's because seeds land on top then they grow through the slightest gap or crack.

Mr L , i'm not working right now ,I was making a lot of money in Florida by doing that, but right now I'm living in Brazil and there's not really much business over here and I'm moving to Canada with a job offer ,where are you guys located at?

Shut up geek

Michael Sargent stfu bitch my dads a contractor and I’m a marijuana farmer

@@alexsj5790 u can learn hard landscaping at horticultural colleges...that where I learnt.ur better just working for a landscaping company 4 a few yrs + learn on the job

No: this is a bed being prepared for concrete block paving.

+miichael smyth Yea you wont screed it right if your not good. But that separates the professionals from the amateurs. Using bars is a girly way.

+Michael Seay well call me Shirley...lol

I can screed a 100m2 drive quicker and more accurately freehand than virtually everyone who uses rails!

+Ayodele Ayodele12 What? The finished pavement? Treat it with a good quality weedkiller

+Ayodele Ayodele12 you cant control where weeds are gunna grow man.

Polymeric sand (for the joints) does a pretty good job for this and keeping the ants away. More efficient when exposed to the sun.

+ampatau Perhaps we have higher standards in this part of the world. Your methodology would see you thrown off any reputable jobs in Britain or Ireland.

Yeah, your right. Two Aussies doing the work of or four or five Brits in half the time wouldn't go down too well on site I suppose.

And one of us Irish to oversee it all!

+ampatau so you have your sheilas laying paving over there????

+ampatau bullshit mate, I'm an australian brickpaver with 20+ yrs in the trade and I can tell you I definitely use rails to do a decent job...

Primarily because whin dust is not avaulable in the part of the country where this video was filmed. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that, just because you have access to such-and-such an aggregate or material in your bit of the land, everyone else can get it too. Just not the case. Further, you have to be careful with whin dust, as not all that is supplied would meet the requirements for a suitable laying course material. some of it has far too much fines and is therefore liable to cause problems with the paving in the medium-long term.

Tony McCormack for one a don’t believe yee can’t get whin dust at quarry near you or even delivered and a don’t know where yee get the idea whin dust would not be suitable I worked with guys whom have done this game for years and if they say whin dust is 100% acceptable then they know what there talking about yee seem to not accept anyone question yee or yer methods it was simple question so it was

Well, you can choose to belive what you like. You obviously know far more about it all, so I'll leave you to carry on as you wish.

kustom eyez No, I'm a streetmason, and operative isa perfectly normal term for a worker.

That's what I thought. Peace out.

@@anthonykilgannon3443 What are you talking about?

....all of which is comprehensively documented on the website, if you'd care to follow the provided links. When I'm able to get up and about again, a fuller screeding video is on my "To Do" list.

Вася it's sharp sand it has a fine grit in it, very course.

Good music costs money. If I spend money on the background music, I have to recover it from somewhere, and that means placing ads which interrupt the video. Which do you prefer: poxy music or irritating, irrelevant ads?

Agree, on both counts.

+Michael Seay We use a very specific sand because that's what it says in the British Standard. It compacts absolutely as required, when laid correctly. "Screening" is not a recognised term in Britain or Ireland. It doesn't tell us what we need to know to ensure full compliance with the standard.

Michael. its not screening its screeding & its to lock in place the pavers when its compacted🖒

I'm a landscaper in Canada. As the local standards, I mostly use screening. But I've used both sand and screening and it does the same job and handles over time as good. Sand is finer so you can lay it down less thicker so you can install pavement on an uneven existing concrete, without raising the level too much. The downside of the sand is that ants will go trough easily and will make it their home. Also, both are the same price.

Michael Seay

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