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Prepare the Base Material with Geotextile Fabric

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How to Install Paver Patios, Walks and Driveways

What happens here

With the standing water removed and the subsoil dried, prepare the base for the pavers. This involves using a process called 'soil correction' if the native soil is questionable, which means removing the soft, wet top layer of existing soil and replacing it with firm Class 5 aggregate. A road base fabric (geotextile) is laid down first to separate the subsoil from the new base material, preventing intermixing and providing stability. The Class 5 aggregate is spread and compacted using a plate compactor for a solid foundation.

Goal: Create a stable and well-drained foundation for the pavers.

Tools and materials

  • Plate Compactor — Compacting the Class 5 base material
  • Shovel — Spreading and leveling base material
  • Skid Steer Loader with Tracks — Removing wet topsoil and spreading new base material
  • Class 5 Aggregate — Creating a stable and compactable base layer for the pavers
  • Road Base Fabric — Separating the subsoil from the base material to prevent migration and provide stability

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we'll be back in business. We are back at the site. This is day two, and you see we've got it all dry. We dug a hole, pumped it out. That was the last thing you seen. What you What I want to show you is a technique that we use when we're in commercial construction. The Walmarts, the Targets, the Menard Super Centers, whenever they have a parking lot that is on even slightly questionable soil, they don't do a soil correction. A what a soil correction is is where you dig all the way down, you remove all of the soil, and you bring in rock or sand. You place it and compact it. It can cost thousands of dollars to do something like this on this patio. We know the subs soil is good, but because it was wet just yesterday, we're going to do a little trick. A trick I'm going to show you right now. We're putting roadbased fabric and then we deepen the base material itself. So, what you see here is class 5 about 10 in thick with a layer of fabric that separates the subs soil. This used to be water. yesterday from the class 5. It creates a bridging effect. So instead of having an individual paper go and settle, the whole thing floats on on the questionable soils underneath. The only reason these soils are questionable is because they were slightly wet yesterday and 12 in of water. What uh what our project foreman has done is he's taken all of that soil that that tiny top layer that was kind of squishy. He mucked it out using the T180 and dumped it in a pile over here. This soil is going to now be dried and then reused around the patio. Furthermore, what you see he's doing

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