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How to bid a Paver Patio

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The video starts by introducing the topic of bidding paver patio projects, showcasing a recently installed patio as an example. The presenter highlights the complexities of this specific residential project, which involved overcoming significant challenges such as standing water (8-10 inches deep) that required pumping out, a minor soil correction, and a deepened base with road fabric. These challenges underscore the importance of accurate bidding and estimation.

Goal: Understand the project's scope and the complexities that necessitate detailed bidding.

Tools and materials

  • Excavated Earth — The site preparation showing removed soil
  • Paver Patio — The finished product, shown as an example for bidding
  • Road Base Fabric — Used for soil correction and base stabilization
  • Sand Base — Foundation material for the paver patio
  • Sump Pump — To remove standing water from the site

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So, in another video, you saw me teach you how to install a paving project like this. In this, we will conduct several lessons on the board, and I will teach you how to calculate and evaluate such a project. Now this option is not quite the usual cobblestone patio. in the video on how to install them. If you notice, we came to this area , we had 8 or maybe 10 inches of standing water that we had to pump out. Then we and after that we had to do a minor soil correction. We're going to use a little trick. I'm going to show you this trick right now. We lay the road geotextile , and then deepen the base material itself. So what you see here is a 5th grade, about 10 inches thick. And then we had to make a bridge, bringing in stones, laying down fabric. Today I will teach you how to evaluate all of this. So

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