How to lay paving slabs even clumsy hands

Paving tile is made in two ways:

- block-making;

- vibrocasting.

The basic material for the manufacture of - 500 grade cement. It added a variety of additives and dyes. Produced from plants tile has the following forms:

1) square;

2) as a "cell";

3) "clover";

4) "coil sharkskin."

This article will tell about the laying of paving slabs in the form of simple squares. Take 40 sized material to 40 or 50 to 50. In those places where people often go, put the tile 40 to 40. More beautiful track of their work.

In two series of 40 track 40 would be nice to walk away from the fence to the house. Color tiles depends on your taste preferences. Some no difference in principle.

The procedure:

1. Prepare the necessary tools and materials. This may be a rubber hammer, shovel, building level, trowel, sand and sand-concrete.

2. Place the label in the area where the tile will be placed.

3. Remove from 5 to 10 cm. the upper ground layer. Be careful: do the deeper layer, then the more the sand will have to spend.

4. Tamp the bottom base.

5. Pour the sand so that the level has exceeded 5 cm. ground surface. Before his sleep, you need to clear the sand from unnecessary objects (such as gravel or grass, etc.).

6. Make compacting sand. Do this by using a convenient timber length. It attach the handle to make it comfortable to work with. In the extreme case, ramming do with your own feet.

7. Pour water from a hose onto the sand, until there are puddles.

8. After drying puddles need to re-compact the sand.

9. The next step will be the alignment of the surface. You can do this with an ordinary whiteboard.

10. Hang rope and start laying the tiles along it. Everything you do should be done on an incline. This is to ensure that rain water does not stagnate and drains.

11. After installing each tile use level.

12. When the process of laying tile is finished, go over it with a rubber mallet.

13. If after all the manipulations, tile still is not smooth, not tight, and the like, have to pick it up, make cleaning the part which is adhered to the ground using a trowel, leveling again draw base and make stacking.

14. Perfect execution of tile is its strong adhesion to the ground. There must be no wavering when you step on it.

15. Once again, check the laid tiles. It visually has to lie flat, the slope must be observed.

16. At the end of the gaps between the tiles on the sand concrete pour. This will strengthen the structure.

17. If there is a desire to complete the composition, making fillets tile. installation technology is the same, only the ditch for her to do a more profound as possible.

If you are interested in any - any details or if you have an opinion, put Like and write a question in the comments!

Subscribe to our channel, there are a lot of interesting things about the cottage, as well as new projects of country houses every day!