improvement infield is one of the main tasks of every gardener.The first thing to take care of comfortable and beautiful tracks.To find the most suitable options should take into account many factors.These include the structure and mobility of the soil, the harmonious combination of cover tracks with other decorative elements and your construction skills.For your site we chose paving tiles.And did it not in vain, because it is this coating meets all the requirements, so necessary for us.And we began our acquaintance with this decorative material with a simple question: "How to lay tile?»
Before starting work, we were interested in how the technical characteristics of the building material and the speed of execution of works and, of course, labor.So we decided to do everything on their own, had to carefully examine how to lay tile.And the time we have spent on it, paid off.
But let's start from the beginning.Before you laid a tile, you need to determine the purpose and the area of the future tracks.Why is this done?It's simple.If the paths you will only walk, it would take less building material and labor.And if they are intended for traffic or parking the car, they need to be strengthened.
to start draw a plan of our site, and mark up all paths and driveways, parking machines and blind area home.We expect the area and the number of necessary construction materials.A wide range of colors and shapes, as well as numerous options for tiling allow you to achieve a harmonious combination of the track with the surrounding landscape.
Now prepare the necessary tools.We need: a broom, a tape measure, about 15 meters of string and pegs, rubber hammer, rake and shovel, wheelbarrow and saw for stone, standard carpenter and line level, geotextiles, as well as a flat building vibrator.
Before laid tiles need to do some preparatory work.While referring to the drawn-up, mark the area of the track.We are using for this purpose the pegs and strings.This was followed by excavation.For simple paths required depth of 10-15 centimeters, and for access alleys and parking areas must be 20-30 centimeters.
Carefully remove the turf and lay it aside.It will require us to follow laying tracks along the borders.Primer remove all over the track, increasing its width 15-20 cm on each side.Only after these works are ready to prepare the grounds for a subsequent laying tile.
For this we use a mixture of sand and gravel.The thickness of the bases for the tracks should be at least 2-3 centimeters, and for the driveway - 15 centimeters.We laid on the bottom of the geotextile and evenly fill the prepared trench base mixture.Then align it with a rake, pour water from a watering can, and ramming construction vibrator.You need to know that the height of the bed for simultaneous compaction should not exceed 10 centimeters.If you need more of the basics, you will need to hold the rammer in several stages.
Since the height of a standard sidewalk tile is 6 centimeters, the distance from the compacted base to the expected height of the track should be 8 centimeters.The surface should be flat, with a slight slope to one side to drain rainwater.
After preparing the foundation necessary to lay the curb.You can use ready-made blocks, or simply set the required number of tiles on the edge.The choice is yours.We have opted for a ready-long blocks, how to install and align them much easier and faster.
spread the first row of tiles, and it will mark the position of the border on both sides of the track.It is for this purpose, we have increased the width during excavation.It is necessary to position the curb so that when paving could use a larger number of whole tiles.Only then dripped small trench into which laid prepared curb.Pour over the base layer of sand, and align it with the rails, periodically checking the level.
Now let's look at how to put a tile.You should start from the right corner.This will allow maximum use of the boundary stones.Scheme calculations choose in advance, in accordance with the overall style of the site and your preferences.During work, do not forget to leave 3 mm between the individual elements of the cover.We keep it on the tiles do not push lightly tapping it with a hammer.
Using colored styling elements, take a tile simultaneously from multiple pallets.Small differences in shades due to different amounts of dye added can be highly visible.Mixing the tiles together, you can equalize the overall perception of the coating track.
After final laying of tiles as much as begin to fill the remaining empty plots.A bar slightly nadpilivaem then evenly split.We fit into the void and it follows that it is as close as possible to the surrounding elements.
After finishing work on laying ramming several times paved portion vibrator.This will help bring the tiles to the final level and compacted sandy base, as well as the sand in the joints of the tiles.
last stage will track Sprinkling a little dry sand and re-ramming.After that, sweeping the track and gently pour water from a watering can.We reserve the final coating for three days for a full clutch plates.After all the work we use our tracks with great pleasure for 25-30 years.
