How you do things and your narrative are so good. Such a valuable talent you have. Thank you s much for the videos.

It really did help. I've been out of hardscape for 15yrs, now been asked to do it again. Nice to know I won't look stupid doing it like the old trimmers schooled me 40 years ago. Here, I am just using a string line and a level

Just wanna say your videos helped me so much for my own projects and videos last summer and this summer. I can’t believe I just now get this method with the string line measurement to the screed rails. I should have done that! Lol. Second time watching this. I appreciate the details

Thank you for this video, I learned a lot and hope to use it in an upcoming project.

nicely done buddy, love the video!

very very, very well explained

Nice work. Gas pipes would have been nice vs PVC I used, which follow waves in a patio base. Took a ton of work to get my compacted base super flat and perfectly graded. I also noticed that the larger your patio is, it gets way way harder. Every transition between one 10x10 section where I was screening had slight unevenness, so I ended up using more screed pipes to cover my patio base in a screeding grid, but that made moving sand around difficult etc etc. Everything was a series of tradeoffs. It's way harder than it looks! I also found the Klein digital level amazing, I could set it on a piece of straight 3" PVC or whatever I had, to ascertain grade over longer distances. My patio was about 30x20.

Thank you for your video

Thank you!

Thanks for this. What’s the determining factor in using mason sand versus quarter inch gravel as a setting bed? Additionally, do you compact the setting bed before laying pavers? Thx

Thanks!

Thx for your videos and podcast, I see allot of zip level uses in America. Is there a reason you don't use a laser?

Another excellent video! How do you recommend the finishing to be done around the perimeter. Will you just install edging and trim the excess woven fabric and cover the exposed base next the pavers area with top soil? Or will you somehow try to wrap the fabric under the edging to reduce mixing/percolation of the topsoil into the base material? Any suggestions/recommendations?

Screed the top base layer too👍

Ilove it a lot and want to lean more about it

How did you establish grade for compacted gravel? It looked like it had alot of variation. Also, this is a good vid for beginners but can you do one that is more complicated? I do many than have twists in the grade or curves including multiple shapes. Well done tho! Any thoughts to using open grade material? I hear that is the new thing.

Im doing 2 by 4 bluestone should I use one inch of sand like you did here or 2 inches like I read also is sand the way to go or stone dust? Its a 10 by 22 patio next to a pool so it would save quite a bit of material? I would appreciate your help? Im in CT. Great video.

Love all the DIY thinking their ready for this. Enjoy just the digging will make you question your decision

I could probably free hand that with a level. Whatever works though, we do things a bit differently in Australia. Interesting to see different methods, I have a screed coming up that is similar to that

We also compact the bedding before screeding it and only then fit pipes/flat strips on it, leveling it with the line by digging in two pieces of flat metal as beacons at the beginning and the end of each future strip. then we put the strip's edge on the beacons and screed off some place to put it perfectly alligned and so on. Any thoughts?

You a damn Hardscaping Wizard Man !!!!! Thamis

Ara ya Gonna compact the sand layer ? Looked as if the base layer wasn’t that’s level ?

Hi there! Thanks for the helpful video. Quick questions… 1). Could you use hpb for the entire screening base right down to the sub soil? 8-10” 2) if so, would you compact the hpb before laying the pavers? 3). How do you compact on top of the pavers once laid without risking breaking the pavers? Working with 1.25” granite slabs 2x3 ft Thanks

3/8 " is hard to find here in Florida.

Hey buddy.quick question.do u tamp your pavers at the very end?

What are used for screed rails? Is the bedding layer 1 inch? If so a 1” pipe would be too large, correct?

How did you get the base below the bedding sand to be perfectly grade and level?

What are those things you screwed into you pins?

What’s the diff in using regular sand u get at Lowe’s vs concrete sand?

Why are some patios cemented down and some placed like this? Whats the difference and how do i determine what my garden would need? Thanks in advance

Did you place pavers directly onto the sand or use paver base panels

Can I place a 6 man hot tub on pavers if I have 1” of screeding and 6” of 3/4 gravel underneath?

If you need to prop a screed pole up to achieve grade/slope, I guess that just means you need to add more base material, correct? Otherwise you'd have more than 1" of bedding material? Ideally you should always be hammering the screed pole down to set final grade/slope, right?

1/4" per foot seems heavy in person. Is 1/2-5/8" per 4ft not acceptable?

Is concrete a good base?

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Hi what is the Brand of the level system?

For a paver/interocking base Don’t use limestone screenings or any granular with sand in it. You will need to tamp it and it will still settle no matter how much you pack it. Use a quarter inch clear stone called at the quarry (1/4 chip) or at landscape supply yards called HPB (high performance base) or pipe bedding etc. it has many names as Dufferin owns the rights to the original product name)

A laser is way faster. Set your strings to your marked stakes. Pull your numbers from the string.

Thanks Mike for the great video, very few videos on KZfaq talking about screeding in depth, most just gloss over the specifics. Next time try wearing a Hawaiian shirt and running shoes for a more professional look.

Boom goes the dynamite

Why did the fact that you were laying the pavers tight, and using 3/4 minus gravel, prevent you from using 1/4" chip stone? Why is it not optimal to mix the base of a traditional base with the bedding of an open graded base, and vice versa?

but u can do 1/8 inch per foot

This video shows why some people get nothing done.

Seems like you made this more complicated than it needed to be

You screeded the area but you didn't compensate for the compaction of the concrete sand of a quarter inch per every 1 inch ????? Why not ?????this must mean your patio will be at least 1 inch lower as it looks like you using 2 inches of concrete sand .....

Perfect though time consuming

I am lost....

You need to get yourself a rotary laser level you’ll save yourself time

Very good information, but a bit hard to watch. The erratic videography makes me a bit sick. Some calmer movements and less handheld would make this excellent. 👍

all that drama? just use a grade level

For this method your base needs to be PERFECT. Make a base, then put 20mm crushed blue metal on it. use a screed with a spirit level in it to get your heights. Lay metal strips in the lines and screed away. Why do people do this shit so much harder than need be? The round pipes just leave big holes that you need to fix later cost you time.

Such a lame way just use the level why waste the time putting the pipes for ppl who don’t know how to level