Figure 12.
Last steps Sweep the patio clean. Now spread
Once paving is done, use paver edging to hold in all the brick on any open sides and spike it into the ground.
sand over the top and sweep it into any cracks between the pavers (figure 12). Finally, run that power compactor
over the patio to set the sand deeper into the spaces (figure 13). (Don’t
Figure 13.
do this if you are using large slabs of flagstones which could crack with the pressure. Sweep the patio again. Fill in the outside edges of the exca-
vation with top soil and grass seed. Ray Dubois owns Ron Paul Garden
Centre. .
www.localgardener.net
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