Great video Justin, lovely colours on the paving . Nice presenting work from the other lads too.

Great job lads. Great advice as always 👍👌✌

Hermoso trabajo del patio con los adoquines saludos desde Chile 👋💯💯💯🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱

Looking good boys , those pavers are lovely colours 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

Nice video mate I have done like 6 months of this years ago and forgot some things this just helped me remember some little bits I have forgotten so brilliant thanks

Lovely work you should be proud of that.

Fantastic as always. Just going through some old vids now buddy.

Absolutely spot on, everything done exactly right. My biggest pet hate is people who don’t wet dry type 1 and still continue to whack it so it was nice to see someone else who gives it a good soak and somebody who whacks in layers. Top job lads fair play

Beautiful work mate, nice colours 👌

Just one of the best out there top job

Nice job. Whilst it’s true that a geo textile membrane is a separation membrane it’s better laid between the sub base and the base thereby preventing the sub base from sinking into the sub soil. It provides structural integrity and is a real upgrade. The notion that any normal weed could penetrate the sand and come through the gaps in the pavers is a common misconception. Weeds between pavers come from scattered weed seeds from above. Some use membrane to prevent the sand from migrating to the sub base but this problem is prevented by blinding a thin layer of sand onto the sub base and going over with the whacker.

Lovely work lads!👌 Keep up the videos! Just subscribed 👍👍😊

Thank you for the video.

Nice job Justin 👍

Excellent work 👍👌🤝

Thanks for your video

Very nice job , good to see true tradesmen with pride in their work , I’ve been laying block paving for nearly 40 years, and now retiring , after a lot of time listening to people saying how it should be done , I realised that weeds only grow in the gaps in earth between the blocks, they do not grow from the earth below the blocks , I’ve installed with and without the membrane barrier fabric , there is absolutely no difference after a time weeds grow between the joints , resanding and wacking again , and block sealer won’t stop the weeds, after a time they will be back , it’s a good earner though telling customers it needs resanding and wacking again, the best way and cheapest and effective way to make it look like new again is a good power was , the strong weed killer , will keep it looking good for much longer

Great bants lads from England

Hi Justin. I thought you were the terminater at first with them sun glasses on 👀👀 nice bit of weather were having pal ? Lovelly job mate , glad to see you got the young uns on the labourers motorbike ( waker plate ) quality work mate , great goal from Ramsey ⚽️⚽️ I gone off Brad now lol 👍👍👍👍 keep safe all and have a good weekend 👍

Good job lads. Come on England!!!! 👍👍

Great vid 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Superb Justin. Yeah weather has been great hasn’t it.

Verey good job that pal

I've just been given a opportunity by a friend to walk into a block paving job inexperienced is there any first one decent tips to bare in mind when I get working your tutorial has helped me with more in depth details and appreciate the guidance cheers guys keep up the good work 👍🏼👍🏼😉

Bang tidy lads. Never seen membrane used before. Everyday's a school day. 😁😁

I’m 34, Your a young 59 This is why I can’t wait to be on site

This is for s Doyle let’s have a video out of you how you would do the block paving now you have told Justin and the boy’s they are doing it all wrong now back to the trades man (Justin) great job again Justin a man who nose what he is doing and no doubt be laying block paving for many years great job lads and thanks again for all the tips

Hi Guys, one of the most helpful videos I've watched to date. I have a question..... I have to lay a pathway that is not up against any walls or edges on either side and I plan to type 1, lay a weed membrane, add 20mm of sand compacted leaving 20mm of sand to screed plus 50mm block paver. As I intend to whacker the finished blocks into this second course layer of screeded sand I will actually screed to 40mm below finished level. Now my question.... How do I stop the edges on both sides splaying out from the whacker plate? I don't see as I should cement them in backed up and then whacker the middle down as this may cause disruption to the cement edging, do i put them in, whacker down and then remove block and sand and re fit with a new cement base and backing up? Your help and advise would be greatly appreciated. Regards

Blimey, that ain't going nowhere 😁

Hi Justin job looks good regarding roofing battons to screed of as you pull the screed put sand on top of batton then when you pull it out it fills out where they been then float it in as you block it if that makes sense Cheers Tim

Excellent video..Do the blocks come in different sizes in the pack or did you have to order 3 different sizes ..thanks

Cracking job justin😎 why do you not screed out away from house and block in? And also do you not lay the block right out to the edge and then cut your header block in?

great video justin, with your videos tackled two patios and a pathway so far, now onto first block paving driveway! just a quick one, aco drain across the front of the drive (10m2) no space for soakaway, can i just drain it into the garden?

Great vid as ever lads I want to come and work for you boys if you would have a Englishman in the team 😂

Interesting video. Did you lay to the angle of the road, or did you lay level?

When you get home tonight Justin I bet you will head for the bottle of whiskey and a darken room after today’s video thanks to s Doyle

I dont have a driveway im just trying to block pave the area outside my back door, there is currently what looks like coarse tarmac which is not falling apart or anything it just looks naff. Can I lay paving blocks straight onto it with sand/cememt Or do I need to take it up first?

Did you use the wacker plate on the sharp sand?🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

do you whack the sharp sand before you screed it?

Hi pal I fn love Brad, completely agree with what he said , England think theve won it already and the fn commentators are just the same , I expect we will get a doing tomorrow night especially if wee Tierneys not playing, but wee will see , thot yous were superb last night especially Ramsey, cmon Wales 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Great job lads. I'm about to do this project myself, my drive is about 65m2. I've pulled up the old blocks and about to put some crusher down. Just wana know how you do the fall and the screed rails. Do whack the sand then put the rails on more sand or what? Thanks mate.

Nice job Justin, never tried block paving myself, but as you explained, preparation is key. Do you use the whacker plate on the pavings after they have all been laid ?

What gap should I have from mot to to the finish level ie pin curb to allow for sand cheers Kyle

We got an estimate of 6,000 dollars to reset our 850 sq ft driveway. Which is way out of our range. We are considering doing a repair of the top 8 ft or so to prevent water pooling and ease of getting the car in the garage. This area has sunk about 6 inches over 20 years. Would you recommend such a course of action? We are in northern Canada. Thanks.

I need to do this and just fear it'll 'creep' out of alignment as I progress down the driveway. I've just done a shed base and despite my best efforts I didn't manage to keep it square (it's OK - hidden under the shed). I tried putting the wacker-plate thing over the sand as well as the stone sub material but I'm not sure it achieved anything. Would it be better if the sand was wet? Surprised you can just lay blocks on sand like that and still be able to drive a car over it without it sinking. Thanks for the video.

Ive seen builders going over th laid blocks with the wacker plate is that right?

Hi mate, I'm following your advice. I just put the screed layer down. My house leads to the pavement, no straight lines anywhere. My house is on an angle and the pavement runs on an angle. I'm too thick to work this out. Do I just start from the house? This would be more hand balling the blocks will at least be square to the house but may look skew whiff. Please help. Wish you fellers done the job for me but on on the bare bones at the moment you probably don't come to England 😂 appreciate the help

Top job... Very poor predictions for the footie though.

Hi Justin.......you say 50mm bedding sand and using 2 x 1 baton for screeding. But unless you use the baton on its edge which doesnt look like you do then 2 x 1 baton laid flat is only about 26mm or am I missing something? :-)

do you call MOT 'scalpings' in Wales? Its so confusing here in West Wales where MOT (sub base) is called scalpings, duff and a few others. Is that MOT you put down? Also what is the base and what is the sub base? I'm so confused. Thanks

What’s the best way to start the paving. Im starting one my self and it’s my first time how do I make sure to start laying with strings lines ETC

What if you have no convenience of walls either side to keep it together?

Are the roofing batterns the correct size for the sand (50mm) ??

So the sand layer is levelled and then whacked? Does this mean the sand ends up lower than it should be?

why did you work down and not upwards. ?

It’s coming home

No need for that rubber hammer what you should be doing is get of your knees and every five or so row laid get a straight edge and put it against leading edge and check for alignment and tap brick back with straight edge or push to paving units where needed to straight edge and on a bigger job you would use a string line for alignment but you definitely could do with learning how to screed properly as its quicker and accurate and only need aluminium screeds and the knowledge of how to screed as its not just pulling aluminium screeds over sand freehand and hoping for the best there is a process 👍

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🎉😂

All of a sudden, everyone seems to hire equipment and starts up a business as block drive/paving specialist. Having spent over 20 years as a civil engineer, videos like this are so misleading. Tip, screed out, block in. I have come across of many people asking for quotes then have the job completed by others, only to be asked if we can repair the first job. Its costs double as we have to first take out the other companies workmanship before the repair. Always get someone who is accredited and approved by your local council, get quotes from many and if possible watch how their work. We did one job in a wealthy area which should have taken 2 weeks. We ended up spending 3 months in the same road doing their neighbours. 3 of which the quotes where less than ours.

Wara taig ,Yaki da boyo

IRAQ-KURDISTAN...YOU DID NOT SHOW US HOW TO FILL RIGHT EDGE WHICH IS STAY EMPTY

Brad needs to go🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍👍

No need for weed membrane as weeds germinate in kiln dried sand and root goes down and leaf grows up never in a million years would a weed grow through 200mm of hardcore a layer of sand and then paving joints so that's silly only time you use different types of membrane is if you have bad ground or are doing permeable paving and need to separate layers to allow them to keep free draining also no need for screed rails they are for DIY homeowners or people who cannot screed in Ireland you would get laughed at if you pulled them rails out unless you where screeding by machine, also when them lads are pulling the board of them silly rails the sand does not look as its been compacted first by a whacker plate which would not be good but definitely lovely weather 👍

“Scotland are gonna do better than the English this year “ this aged well 😬😬

The Welsh's hatred of the English gets deeper then. lol. I think its about time you lot tried to govern yourselves, (without the English money that is.) Nice paving job, a bit slow but ok i guess.

Can't hear you , Just

Please don't play music in your next video.

Brad is too loud

Too much waffle, not enough explanation

This music on video is awful , i trying to hear and understand you but this music do not help.