By uneven, do you mean sloping (like terraced or hillside) or do you mean rugged and rough textured (an old garden with furrows, or a spot where the dog has dug holes and left high and low spots? A Quickcrete path mold (that is a brand name. There are others, like Pathmate and Walkmaker) can be used on a rugged surface. You will just use more material in the low spaces than in the high. It will sit on a rugged surface without much prep work and help create a walkable surface. (one bag is about $5 around here, and will make a roughly 3 foot square "block." If you mean sloping or terraced, you will likely need to put in steps or footings to help keep any path level and avoid erosion, and to ensure that it is stable and walkable or get someone with some engineering background to figure the slope you need to maintain a walkable grade (smooth slope with no steps). What you actually use can vary. If you need drainage, but dont have a problem with a little give, pea gravel is a quick and easy choice. You just need to have borders that will keep it in place. (around here, $50 per yard if you pick up, more to get it delivered. That's a 57 foot path 4 feet wide, just over an inch deep, I think. You'll want to check the math) You also need fabric under to keep weeds out and keep from stomping the stone down into the underlying dirt. )Slate stone is beautiful, but more expensive, and may require more skill to lay and level. Concrete pavers, capstones, or solid blocks can be durable, but you do need to fill in under the stones to get them to sit level. I am in my 60's and can build a walk way 3 feet wide and 20 feet long with no particular training and just a willingness to sit on the ground and work on it in about a week of a few hours here and a few hours there. Another option - We just poured a concrete walkway in the lower garden past the shop. It is a solid run, and will be very durable, but the area had already been levelled and tamped down. Take photos of your project to post!
I have uneven sidewalk that's covered with small gravels and mostly coarse sand, I want to use concrete pathway mold to make it cleaner. Do I need to level the ground first or can I overlay the mold and it will make it even as a result?
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Road base or small River bed stones.
By uneven, do you mean sloping (like terraced or hillside) or do you mean rugged and rough textured (an old garden with furrows, or a spot where the dog has dug holes and left high and low spots? A Quickcrete path mold (that is a brand name. There are others, like Pathmate and Walkmaker) can be used on a rugged surface. You will just use more material in the low spaces than in the high. It will sit on a rugged surface without much prep work and help create a walkable surface. (one bag is about $5 around here, and will make a roughly 3 foot square "block." If you mean sloping or terraced, you will likely need to put in steps or footings to help keep any path level and avoid erosion, and to ensure that it is stable and walkable or get someone with some engineering background to figure the slope you need to maintain a walkable grade (smooth slope with no steps). What you actually use can vary. If you need drainage, but dont have a problem with a little give, pea gravel is a quick and easy choice. You just need to have borders that will keep it in place. (around here, $50 per yard if you pick up, more to get it delivered. That's a 57 foot path 4 feet wide, just over an inch deep, I think. You'll want to check the math) You also need fabric under to keep weeds out and keep from stomping the stone down into the underlying dirt. )Slate stone is beautiful, but more expensive, and may require more skill to lay and level. Concrete pavers, capstones, or solid blocks can be durable, but you do need to fill in under the stones to get them to sit level. I am in my 60's and can build a walk way 3 feet wide and 20 feet long with no particular training and just a willingness to sit on the ground and work on it in about a week of a few hours here and a few hours there. Another option - We just poured a concrete walkway in the lower garden past the shop. It is a solid run, and will be very durable, but the area had already been levelled and tamped down. Take photos of your project to post!