- CHIEF ARCHITECT X9 CONCRETE PATIO HOW TO
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Since there was a fire pit in the middle, I had to measure. I set my first pattern somewhat centered so that the cut pieces on each side will be roughly the same. There will be slim pie-shaped pieces between them but the Paver Set will take care of those later. Don’t cut any of them, lay them all out and slightly adjust the spacing so that they come out evenly. I started by laying the perimeter first and with the 6″ face against the plastic edging. It is a concrete paver that has been tumbled in a large steel drum to give it a rustic, weathered look. The style of paver was called Tumbled Belgian. We picked a pattern that looked to be somewhat random but was very simple to lay. With our design we only had two paver sizes, a 6″x9″ and a 6″圆″.
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With the fire pit and plastic edging set, now it’s time to start setting the full pavers. TIP: Space out the blocks around the perimeter of where they are going to be laid so that it is really easy to just grab and place them once the adhesive is down. I just lightly kicked them with my boots to tighten up all the courses.
Once this course is laid, drop the fire ring back in and tap all the stones inward towards the fire ring. After the second course is done, lay down two more beads of adhesive and add the third and final course. Place the next course of block on top of the first while offsetting them so that the head joints do not line up. Grab a couple tubes of landscape or construction adhesive, and lay out a couple 3/8″ beads on the top of the first course. The blocks may move a little pulling out the ring but that is ok. Over three courses that’s 51 wedges and 57 smalls in the complete ring.Īfter the first course is dry laid around the steel ring, pull the ring out and set aside. Each course is made up of 17 wedges and 19 smalls. The ring takes two block styles, a wedge (3.5″x7″x7″) that helps with the curve and a small block (3.5″x1.75″x7″) that helps widen the curve a little. I set the liner on the inner circle drawn in the sand earlier and started laying in the blocks right on the sand. Lay Up The Fire PitĪs I mentioned in Part 1, we picked a 36″ steel fire ring liner that fit with common landscape block. So a 6 foot piece actually needs 7 stakes.
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Every piece needs a spike on each end plus every 12 inches. TIP: Be sure to buy more spikes than you think you need.
Being that it’s made of plastic, the carbide-toothed blade cuts right through it.īackfill the edging with dirt so that it is sufficiently supported when the pavers are being laid. The last section of the circle wasn’t a full stick of edging so I took it to the miter saw and just buzzed if off to the right length. Drive a plastic spike every 12″ or so securing it in place. Cut every strap on the edging and lay it out along the line in the sand. To do a curve, the back straps of the edging have to be cut with a tin snips. The edging is secured by plastic or steel spikes, often from the same manufacturer as the edging. Edging is made of hard but flexible plastic. With any paver patio, one of the key components of a nice looking patio is secure edging. TIP: Dampen the sand a little, it helps the lines show up better. With these lines in place, the next few steps go really fast. The circles marked the inside and outside of the fire pit and then the outside paver edge. I then pushed the board around the sand area while the screws drew perfect circles in the sand area. I then pulled a tape measure down the board and drove screws at 18″, 25″, and 8′. I took the screed board and drove a screw through it near the end and into the stake. The stake had to be wide enough to accept a screw in the top. I drove a stake into the center of the fill area.
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With a round patio, this means a series of concentric circles. Now that the paver sand layer is screeded off, it is time to draw out some layout lines. Sakrete just provided the extra incentive to get the project started. I had been thinking about using it for some time because I’ve been so unhappy with all of the other polymeric sands I’ve used in the past. I’ve used their bag mix concrete for years but this was my first time using their Paver Set product. This part is all about laying out and locking in the patio.ĭisclosure – Sakrete is compensating me for writing these articles but I’m doing all the work myself and the opinions are my own. In case you missed it, Part 1 was all about excavating and building the base of the paver patio. I had been thinking of building this project for quite some time so when Sakrete contacted us wondering if we had any outdoor projects coming up, I took the leap and started tearing into the lawn.
CHIEF ARCHITECT X9 CONCRETE PATIO HOW TO
This article is Part 2 in a series describing step by step of how to build a paver patio and fire pit.