"Jerry" wrote:
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Did you wet the base down a few times as you were compacting?

It rained a little while I was compacting so I didn't wet it.

If you're in a monsoon area 'a little' might do it, but I like to
soak- like 1-2" of water my base every couple inches.


Did you compact that whole 6" at once, or did you do it two or three
layers?

The whole thing at once.

Bad combination. You might have gotten away with one or the other-
but done this way the base will form a crust and take some time to
settle.

Also- i forgot to ask before. Did you use a weed barrier under the
base? Not to stop weeds, but to keep the base from mixing with the
native soil. For fun sometime, take a shovel full of gravel &
throw it in a muddy spot. Step on it and watch the gravel disappear.
Then put down a weed barrier and throw a shovel full of gravel on
that-- and walk on it.

Depending on your constitution you could tear out that section- rent
an elephant foot compacter for a day and do it up right. Or wait
until it bugs you and do it then. You might get lucky and have it
sink slowly enough that you move or die before it bugs you.

Jim