Flexible curbs for paving stones and landscaping

One of the most inexpensive and simple options for building paths on the site is paving paths. The cost of paving stones: 400-600 rubles / m2, plus a sand pillow (provided that you will lay it yourself). Dry installation - no need to spread concrete. But there is a fly in the ointment - curbs are needed along the edges of the tracks. Otherwise, over time, the paving stones will creep away. In the spring, the soil is moist, mobile and moves under load.

To prevent the formation of cracks and the spread of the canvas, the curbs are concreted. This is the process of mixing concrete with accompanying parts. Not everyone likes wet work.

Another difficulty is the need to cut curbs at an angle in places of bends and turns. Need a grinder with a stone disc. Whereas paving stones can be chopped with an ax and a sledgehammer. Although, for the rotary elements, special borders are made in geometry similar to the thorn-groove system (second photo). But even this design does not cancel their concreting for fixation.

Flexible plastic curbs will help to simplify and facilitate paving work:

The principle of installation is clear from the photographs: mark the paths or platform (with pegs with a rope) and fix this border along it with plastic nails (included in the kit). Such an emphasis will be enough so that the track does not creep.

A plastic border is also used for landscape design. The area is covered with geotextiles, the elements are marked, a border is mounted on them and covered with gravel and crushed stone of different colors. Plastic curbs are sold at 1 and 3 m or in bays of 10 m.

The most important, of course, is the curb price:

The cost is about 200 rubles / l. To the cost you need to add the price of plastic nails. As a result, the price of 500 rubles / r.m. will be added to 1 m2 of paving tracks. border. A concrete curb 1 m long has an average cost of 200-250 rubles. But they need to be brought by truck - this will further increase the cost. The plastic border is more profitable.

The durability of the plastic is ensured by making it from the same polymer as the gutters. It will definitely last for decades and outlive the tracks. Came across curbs of a similar shape and installation principle of aluminum. But they are too expensive and there is no point in considering them.

The following border is also suitable for landscape design:

Prices for these options versus concrete curbs:

I think this technique and material for dry installation of paving stones and areas for landscaping deserves attention. Facilitates work and saves time and money.

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Photos are taken from open sources, from Yandex. Pictures

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