How to lay brick pavers

Brick Pavers are very easy to lay and with a little bit of patience anybody can transform a grotty looking driveway into a thing of beauty, and as a famous poet said one time "A thing of beauty is a joy forever". Brick pavers comes in various sizes and colours and can be laid in various patterns such as "Basket weave" and " square herringbone" to name but two. They usually come in either 40x200mm 0r 50x200mm thicknesses .
Thorough preparation of the base is essential and usually 100mm of Type1 or crushed concrete is preferred, and this has to be well compacted with a Wacker Plate to ensure that it is well consolidated. A fall should be incorporated into the driveway at this point to ensure water run-off. A 50mm bed of sharp sand is laid on top and carefully screeded level. The first layer of pavers can now be set out in whatever pattern is preferred. At this stage it is best to ensure that the cuts leading into the edges will all be the same size to give it a uniform look.
When it comes to the cuts around the perimeter it is best to hire a block splitter or a table saw with a diamond tipped blade to ensure accurate cutting. When all the brick pavers are laid the joins should be filled with fine silica sand and then thoroughly compacted with the compacter plate.You should now have a driveway that is the envy of all your neighbours.

Welcome to the bricklayer in london blog

I have been a bricklayer in london for over twenty years. I did my apprenticeship and got my City and Guilds qualifications and headed out to seek my fortune in the capitols building sites. I went on to get my Advanced City and Guilds because I thought about going to Canada and those were the requirements to get in at that time.I worked in Germany(just on the other side of the bridge on the right next to Cologne Cathedral) for a few years and also Ireland.When I returned from Germany I worked the building sites where I had a lot of fun but I longed to be my own boss so I went out on my own doing house extensions,garden walls brick paving,brick re pointing and brick driveways.The economy which has been pretty buoyant for the last 15 years is now experiencing a downturn which means that the number of businesses going into liquidation has increased manifold and house repossessions are taking place on a daily basis.People are reluctant to spend money on anything other than the bare essentials and even the weekly shop is costing much more than this time last year because of sky high oil prices and the now all too infamous credit crunch.