Cut, Edge, and Compact the Paver Driveway

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Installing Brick pavers -start to finish day2

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Many pavers will need to be cut to fit around obstacles (like a sidewalk) or to complete edges. Use a powerful cut-off saw with a diamond blade for this task. Carefully mark the pavers to be cut, considering both large cuts and small 'slivers' needed for a snug fit. Once all the field pavers are laid and cut edges are completed, install paver edging along the perimeter. Dig a shallow trench to embed the edging, then secure it to the ground with long spikes. These spikes, even if they rust, will 'weld' themselves to the soil, providing a strong anchor. Finally, use a plate compactor to compact the entire paver surface. This will settle the pavers into the sand bed and achieve about 3/8 of an inch of compression, locking them tightly together. After compaction, sweep polymeric sand into the paver joints until they are completely filled, then compact the surface again. Repeat the sweeping and compacting process as needed, ensuring all joints are full before a final sweep-off.

Goal: Finalize the paver installation by cutting, edging, and compacting for a stable, finished surface.

Tools and materials

Cut-Off Saw DeWalt — Cutting pavers to fit edges and around obstacles
Diamond Blade — Cutting concrete pavers
Paver Edging — Providing lateral restraint to hold the pavers in place
Plate Compactor Northstar — Compacting the installed pavers into the sand bed and tightening joints
Push Broom — Sweeping polymeric sand into paver joints and cleaning the surface
Sledgehammer — Driving in the edging spikes
Spikes — Securing the paver edging to the ground
Trowel — Clearing dirt along the paver edges for edging installation
Polymeric Sand — Filling paver joints to lock them in place, inhibit weed growth, and deter insects

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cuts to but up to the sidewalk but they need a saw to do it so Sam makes us all Mike well there's the attack dog hi sweetie look at these girl hi baby good to see you too oh hi baby so sweet alright I gotta go to work good good seeing ya we'll see you on the next one love that dog she's so sweet so let's say I'm getting his cuddle time out of the way it's time to start cutting some locks there's a lot of custom cuts that have to be made on this project some of them are big cuts but some of them are just shaving slivers off from a block to get them to fit all right gonna be the last cut right here nope okay there we go gasps on your work so we'll drop this in there with the last brick going down and in place the boys have to get the edging in to hold everything together to make sure that the edging is very properly employees have to cut down all of the dirt along the sides of the pavers some people prefer to use spikes that won't rust but to me it doesn't matter because even if you use a spike that rust once it's in the ground it rust welds to the soil around it it's still not going if we've got all our base prepped the right way the pavers will compact down about 3/8 of an inch what is it about this place so we do a process of sweep the sand in then pack it then we sweep it again and pack it again because it won't hurt nothing and then do a final sweep off before we leave it with the customer [Music] ah so full of aggression with the main project completed the boys get ready to

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