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On Aug 17, 2:18*pm, "SteveB" toquerville@zionvistas wrote:
I'm getting ready to do about 2,000 sf of pavers. *On some of the fields, I want unique designs rather than the herringbone or basket weave that is so common. *Does anyone know of sites where unusual paver patterns are shown? Googling 'paver patterns' returns a lot of hits, but any pattern is based on the size(s) of the particular paver(s). I don't particularly like the colors in this one, but it gives you the idea of what adding an additional size of paver can do for a layout. http://www.hildebrand-construction.c.../patio_hc1.JPG R |
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On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:18:28 -0800, "SteveB" toquerville@zionvistas
wrote: I'm getting ready to do about 2,000 sf of pavers. On some of the fields, I want unique designs rather than the herringbone or basket weave that is so common. Does anyone know of sites where unusual paver patterns are shown? Steve Here's one with a radiating circular pattern (DAGS). http://www.the-art-of-landscape-design.com/pavers.html http://www.the-art-of-landscape-desi...r_circular.jpg |
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I'm getting ready to do about 2,000 sf of pavers. On some of the fields, I
want unique designs rather than the herringbone or basket weave that is so common. Does anyone know of sites where unusual paver patterns are shown? Steve -- "...the man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere critic-the man who actually does the work, even if roughly and imperfectly, not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be done." Theodore Roosevelt 1891 |
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On Aug 17, 1:52�pm, Oren wrote:
On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:18:28 -0800, "SteveB" toquerville@zionvistas wrote: I'm getting ready to do about 2,000 sf of pavers. �On some of the fields, I want unique designs rather than the herringbone or basket weave that is so common. �Does anyone know of sites where unusual paver patterns are shown? Steve Here's one with a radiating circular pattern (DAGS). http://www.the-art-of-landscape-design.com/pavers.html http://www.the-art-of-landscape-desi...r_circular.jpg gee yesterday I walked over a LOT of paver sidewalks, most having problems from heaving, low spots, and pavers moving apart. I thought it how sad people spent big bucks putting them in, just to have them look bad some years later. I was door knocking for a candidate in a nice neighborhood, geez lots of homes are needing repairs. there were enough trip hazard sidewalks to keep a army of lawyers busy for a lifetime I sold a home a few years ago, and remember well the hassles with home inspectors, most of these homes wouldnt be insurable if their homeowners were aware of the conditions. many of the worst were pavers. enjoy what you choose, but I wouldnt choose pavers. |
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"SteveB" toquerville@zionvistas wrote in message
... I'm getting ready to do about 2,000 sf of pavers. On some of the fields, I want unique designs rather than the herringbone or basket weave that is so common. Does anyone know of sites where unusual paver patterns are shown? Totally outside the building trades . . . 1. Scientists call filling space with uniform shapes "tiling." The current world expert is a Brit. called Roger Penrose. 2. The world expert on architectural and printing layour is Edward Tufte, see http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/ You may find unusual ideas at either source. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:20:48 -0700 (PDT), RicodJour
wrote: On Aug 17, 2:18*pm, "SteveB" toquerville@zionvistas wrote: I'm getting ready to do about 2,000 sf of pavers. *On some of the fields, I want unique designs rather than the herringbone or basket weave that is so common. *Does anyone know of sites where unusual paver patterns are shown? Googling 'paver patterns' returns a lot of hits, but any pattern is based on the size(s) of the particular paver(s). I don't particularly like the colors in this one, but it gives you the idea of what adding an additional size of paver can do for a layout. http://www.hildebrand-construction.c.../patio_hc1.JPG R Beautiful pattern! I used 6, 8, and 12 inch tiles for a pattern on a sidewalk. Pattern from a photo on vacation. |
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On 8/17/2008 12:27 PM Don Phillipson spake thus:
Totally outside the building trades . . . [...] 2. The world expert on architectural and printing layour is Edward Tufte, see http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/ You may find unusual ideas at either source. I have both his /The Visual Display of Quantitative Information/ and /Envisioning Information/. Both essential, seminal, fundamental and necessary books for anyone dealing with graphic design, information dissemination, or even, as you suggest, architectural design. -- "In 1964 Barry Goldwater declared: 'Elect me president, and I will bomb the cities of Vietnam, defoliate the jungles, herd the population into concentration camps and turn the country into a wasteland.' But Lyndon Johnson said: 'No! No! No! Don't you dare do that. Let ME do it.'" - Characterization (paraphrased) of the 1964 Goldwater/Johnson presidential race by Professor Irwin Corey, "The World's Foremost Authority". |
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On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:30:28 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote: On Aug 17, 1:52?pm, Oren wrote: On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:18:28 -0800, "SteveB" toquerville@zionvistas wrote: I'm getting ready to do about 2,000 sf of pavers. ?On some of the fields, I want unique designs rather than the herringbone or basket weave that is so common. ?Does anyone know of sites where unusual paver patterns are shown? Steve Here's one with a radiating circular pattern (DAGS). http://www.the-art-of-landscape-design.com/pavers.html http://www.the-art-of-landscape-desi...r_circular.jpg gee yesterday I walked over a LOT of paver sidewalks, most having problems from heaving, low spots, and pavers moving apart. I thought it how sad people spent big bucks putting them in, just to have them look bad some years later. I was door knocking for a candidate in a nice neighborhood, geez lots of homes are needing repairs. there were enough trip hazard sidewalks to keep a army of lawyers busy for a lifetime I sold a home a few years ago, and remember well the hassles with home inspectors, most of these homes wouldnt be insurable if their homeowners were aware of the conditions. many of the worst were pavers. enjoy what you choose, but I wouldnt choose pavers. Use them in the desert. No serious heave. or any! I'm about to put down 300 sf of flag stone (limestone) by the pool. Given my desert soiled/packed for years I can get by. |
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On Aug 17, 2:30*pm, " wrote:
many of the worst were pavers. enjoy what you choose, but I wouldnt choose pavers. As in everything else in construction it's all in the preparation and details. The DIY shows are the worst - throw down an inch of sand and start laying pavers. Yeah, right. R |
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"Oren" wrote in message ... On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:30:28 -0700 (PDT), " wrote: On Aug 17, 1:52?pm, Oren wrote: On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:18:28 -0800, "SteveB" toquerville@zionvistas wrote: I'm getting ready to do about 2,000 sf of pavers. ?On some of the fields, I want unique designs rather than the herringbone or basket weave that is so common. ?Does anyone know of sites where unusual paver patterns are shown? Steve Here's one with a radiating circular pattern (DAGS). http://www.the-art-of-landscape-design.com/pavers.html http://www.the-art-of-landscape-desi...r_circular.jpg gee yesterday I walked over a LOT of paver sidewalks, most having problems from heaving, low spots, and pavers moving apart. I thought it how sad people spent big bucks putting them in, just to have them look bad some years later. I was door knocking for a candidate in a nice neighborhood, geez lots of homes are needing repairs. there were enough trip hazard sidewalks to keep a army of lawyers busy for a lifetime I sold a home a few years ago, and remember well the hassles with home inspectors, most of these homes wouldnt be insurable if their homeowners were aware of the conditions. many of the worst were pavers. enjoy what you choose, but I wouldnt choose pavers. Use them in the desert. No serious heave. or any! I'm about to put down 300 sf of flag stone (limestone) by the pool. Given my desert soiled/packed for years I can get by. Same here in the desert. We had quite a bit installed in Las Vegas about three years ago. Looks exactly the same. BUT, those guys were out there with a water filled roller packing the heck out of the sand before they laid the first brick. I think that's the trick. If you live in a place that has frost heave, all bets are off. A lot of it is doing it right the first time. Steve |
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On Aug 17, 9:01*pm, "SteveB" toquerville@zionvistas wrote:
Same here in the desert. *We had quite a bit installed in Las Vegas about three years ago. *Looks exactly the same. *BUT, those guys were out there with a water filled roller packing the heck out of the sand before they laid the first brick. *I think that's the trick. *If you live in a place that has frost heave, all bets are off. *A lot of it is doing it right the first time. Up North we use crushed rock as the setting bed and use a plate compactor to consolidate the substrate, then lay a thin layer of sand for setting the pavers. R |
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On Aug 17, 10:29�pm, RicodJour wrote:
On Aug 17, 9:01�pm, "SteveB" toquerville@zionvistas wrote: Same here in the desert. �We had quite a bit installed in Las Vegas about three years ago. �Looks exactly the same. �BUT, those guys were out there with a water filled roller packing the heck out of the sand before they laid the first brick. �I think that's the trick. �If you live in a place that has frost heave, all bets are off. �A lot of it is doing it right the first time. Up North we use crushed rock as the setting bed and use a plate compactor to consolidate the substrate, then lay a thin layer of sand for setting the pavers. R yeah and they still move around, no matter how well you try |
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wrote in message ... On Aug 17, 10:29?pm, RicodJour wrote: On Aug 17, 9:01?pm, "SteveB" toquerville@zionvistas wrote: Same here in the desert. ?We had quite a bit installed in Las Vegas about three years ago. ?Looks exactly the same. ?BUT, those guys were out there with a water filled roller packing the heck out of the sand before they laid the first brick. ?I think that's the trick. ?If you live in a place that has frost heave, all bets are off. ?A lot of it is doing it right the first time. Up North we use crushed rock as the setting bed and use a plate compactor to consolidate the substrate, then lay a thin layer of sand for setting the pavers. R yeah and they still move around, no matter how well you try Well, not really, or not necessarily. As long as the project is properly designed and constructed they should last about as long as anything else with little or no maintenance. As others have said the problem generally is people trying to cheap out on the job, Some good info on installation can be found here; http://westconprecast.com/pdf/westcon_pavers.pdf |
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On Aug 17, 11:58�pm, "Doug Brown" wrote:
wrote in message ... On Aug 17, 10:29?pm, RicodJour wrote: On Aug 17, 9:01?pm, "SteveB" toquerville@zionvistas wrote: Same here in the desert. ?We had quite a bit installed in Las Vegas about three years ago. ?Looks exactly the same. ?BUT, those guys were out there with a water filled roller packing the heck out of the sand before they laid the first brick. ?I think that's the trick. ?If you live in a place that has frost heave, all bets are off. ?A lot of it is doing it right the first time. Up North we use crushed rock as the setting bed and use a plate compactor to consolidate the substrate, then lay a thin layer of sand for setting the pavers. R yeah and they still move around, no matter how well you try Well, not really, or not necessarily. �As long as the project is properly designed and constructed they should last about as long as anything else with little or no maintenance. �As others have said the problem generally is people trying to cheap out on the job, �Some good info on installation can be found here; �http://westconprecast.com/pdf/westcon_pavers.pdf- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - a nearby neighbor spent 15 grand on his driveway, everyone watched the week project with tons of base work. about 10 years ago today his driveway looks bad, he is talking of having it redone.... in the old days brick streets were laid on concrete with a good base. nothing holds up forever walls are the same way, the best wall is one you never built |
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On Aug 18, 11:30*am, "SteveB" toquerville@zionvistas wrote:
"RicodJour" wrote in message On Aug 17, 9:01 pm, "SteveB" toquerville@zionvistas wrote: Same here in the desert. We had quite a bit installed in Las Vegas about three years ago. Looks exactly the same. BUT, those guys were out there with a water filled roller packing the heck out of the sand before they laid the first brick. I think that's the trick. If you live in a place that has frost heave, all bets are off. A lot of it is doing it right the first time. Up North we use crushed rock as the setting bed and use a plate compactor to consolidate the substrate, then lay a thin layer of sand for setting the pavers. Again, a lot of it is in the prep work. Yep, most of it. The pavers go down pretty quickly. R |
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On Aug 18, 7:52*am, " wrote:
a nearby neighbor spent 15 grand on his driveway, everyone watched the week project with tons of base work. about 10 years ago today his driveway looks bad, he is talking of having it redone.... It doesn't matter how much is spent, it matters what is done. If the contractor chooses what he thinks is the "best" way of doing it, and the contractor doesn't understand soils and drainage, then it's doomed anyway. The correct method in a particular situation may require a lot of work and expense that will be buried. It might not make sense to use pavers if it requires going to extraordinary lengths to make the installation last. in the old days brick streets were laid on concrete with a good base. Not always. Cobbles and bricks were often laid the same way they are often set today. Remove topsoil and organics, add and compact graded gravel and sand, set the brick/cobble. If you've ever seen the miles of fan-pattern cobbles in European streets that are still in use you'll understand that they can hold up to traffic. They're also easy, but not necessarily cheap, to repair. Labor intensive to repair, but when they repair is complete it's virtually invisible, doesn't leave additional seams (points of weakness) like repairs in asphalt and concrete, and can immediately be opened for traffic. nothing holds up forever Should it? walls are the same way, the best wall is one you never built I have no idea what you mean by that. R |
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"RicodJour" wrote in message ... On Aug 17, 9:01 pm, "SteveB" toquerville@zionvistas wrote: Same here in the desert. We had quite a bit installed in Las Vegas about three years ago. Looks exactly the same. BUT, those guys were out there with a water filled roller packing the heck out of the sand before they laid the first brick. I think that's the trick. If you live in a place that has frost heave, all bets are off. A lot of it is doing it right the first time. Up North we use crushed rock as the setting bed and use a plate compactor to consolidate the substrate, then lay a thin layer of sand for setting the pavers. R Again, a lot of it is in the prep work. Steve |
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"SteveB" toquerville@zionvistas wrote in message news "RicodJour" wrote in message ... On Aug 17, 9:01 pm, "SteveB" toquerville@zionvistas wrote: Same here in the desert. We had quite a bit installed in Las Vegas about three years ago. Looks exactly the same. BUT, those guys were out there with a water filled roller packing the heck out of the sand before they laid the first brick. I think that's the trick. If you live in a place that has frost heave, all bets are off. A lot of it is doing it right the first time. Up North we use crushed rock as the setting bed and use a plate compactor to consolidate the substrate, then lay a thin layer of sand for setting the pavers. In this area of the north, we do the same thing, except we skip the thin layer of sand because the ants insist on mining it from under the bricks and dumping it on the top. Instead we use limestone screenings, the fine dust and grit that results when they sift it out of washed crushed limestone. It doesn't stop the ants but deters their activity because the screenings pack solid and set into a soft "concrete" layer that is hard to dig into. |
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:05:54 -0400, "EXT"
wrote: In this area of the north, we do the same thing, except we skip the thin layer of sand because the ants insist on mining it from under the bricks and dumping it on the top. Instead we use limestone screenings, the fine dust and grit that results when they sift it out of washed crushed limestone. It doesn't stop the ants but deters their activity because the screenings pack solid and set into a soft "concrete" layer that is hard to dig into. Wouldn't granite dust compact better? Just something I read. Wet it and pack it, repeat, so it becomes almost like a cement. Prevents pest and weeds... |
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"Oren" wrote in message ... On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:05:54 -0400, "EXT" wrote: In this area of the north, we do the same thing, except we skip the thin layer of sand because the ants insist on mining it from under the bricks and dumping it on the top. Instead we use limestone screenings, the fine dust and grit that results when they sift it out of washed crushed limestone. It doesn't stop the ants but deters their activity because the screenings pack solid and set into a soft "concrete" layer that is hard to dig into. Wouldn't granite dust compact better? Just something I read. Wet it and pack it, repeat, so it becomes almost like a cement. Prevents pest and weeds... Possibly, but we don't have granite dust probably because we don't have much granite available in this area, the local rock is limestone, so we use limestone screenings which is mostly dust and it does compact almost like cement. |
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On Aug 18, 11:23*pm, "EXT" wrote:
"Oren" wrote in message Wouldn't *granite dust compact better? Just something I read. Wet it and pack it, repeat, so it becomes almost like a cement. Prevents pest and weeds... Possibly, but we don't have granite dust probably because we don't have much granite available in this area, the local rock is limestone, so we use limestone screenings which is mostly dust and it does compact almost like cement. Whether sand or dust you want sharp edges/corners. Masonry sand is sharp sand. It locks together when compacted. Beach sand has the edges knocked off and moves around a lot. You can compact it, but water will cause it to flow. Don't ever build your house with shallow foundations on a beach. R |
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