Build a Walkway With Recycled Wall Retaining Blocks
$500
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In summer 2011, I decided to landscape the main entrance of the house.
Objective: Build a walkway with pavers from recovered retaining blocks.
Building steps:
1: Requirement and location
2: Materials and excavation
3: Crushed gravel - Stone dust - Compaction
4: Edging with Log borders
5: Installing pavers blocks and finishing
6: Joints and Installing polymeric sand
For detailed instructions: ---> Laying a paver with recycled blocks
Comments?
Objective: Build a walkway with pavers from recovered retaining blocks.
Building steps:
1: Requirement and location
2: Materials and excavation
3: Crushed gravel - Stone dust - Compaction
4: Edging with Log borders
5: Installing pavers blocks and finishing
6: Joints and Installing polymeric sand
For detailed instructions: ---> Laying a paver with recycled blocks
Comments?
Paving Walkway.
See building instructions: http://www.usa-gardening.com/paving/pavers.html
For a cheap paver, why not used retaning wall blocks as raw material!
Install paver.
See building instructions: http://www.usa-gardening.com/paving/pavers.html
Laying paver.
Leveling the bed.
See building instructions: http://www.usa-gardening.com/paving/pavers.html
Leveling the foundation.
Excavation.
See building instructions: http://www.usa-gardening.com/paving/pavers.html
Preparing the pavers base.
Stone dust and gravel.
See building instructions: http://www.usa-gardening.com/paving/pavers.html
Stone dust and crushed rock ready for use.
Recovered retaining concrete blocks.
See building instructions: http://www.usa-gardening.com/paving/pavers.html
Testing for a pattern!
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This is certainly not for the faint-hearted, but the results are awesome!
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