Diy Concrete Driveway With Paver Border
You can use driveway edging for many types of common driveway surfaces such as asphalt concrete brick and even stone and there are many ways to design and implement it.
Diy concrete driveway with paver border. It s really quite simple. Excavate the area to be paved. A more solid parking option is a concrete or brick paver driveway. Driveway edging can create an attractive border for your home s driveway serving to protect it as well as adding additional curb appeal.
Spread mason sand over the pavers. For curves restraints can be snipped at the top if needed for additional flexibility. Tamp down the pavers mechanically to force sand into the joints. Spray on with a garden sprayer following the product instructions for best results.
The process is straight forward. Thousands of videos online show the steps and all the tricks of the trade. With a solid gravel base a brick border will last for the life of your house. Build a diy driveway with pavers.
The tops of the pavers should be flush with the driveway s surface. Techniseal offers rigid paver edging in 8 foot sections or coil edging in 40 foot rolls that can both be cut as needed during installation to fit the paver field. I go into detail how to prep your ground how deep to dig how much grav. Set the pavers in the sand bed according to your plan from step 1 spacing the pavers as closely as possible.
Make an attractive border for a concrete walkway or patio using brick pavers set on a bed of gravel and sand. Finish with a layer of concrete sealer once the driveway is completely set. In this video i show you guys step by step how to build your own curved paver patio. We used a string as guideline when installing the borders on both sides of the driveways.
It can be installed either professionally or diy. For this project we used concrete edge borders.