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Screed Bedding Sand

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What happens here

Once the compacted base is complete, the next step is to screed the bedding sand. Set up screed bars (metal or wood rails) across the compacted base. These bars should be set to the desired height for the bedding sand layer, typically 1 inch below the final paver height (which is marked by the string line from step 1). Pour bedding sand between the screed bars and use a straight edge (like a 2x4) to drag across the bars, leveling the sand perfectly. The video shows using steel screed bars and a wooden board to achieve a uniform 1-inch thick sand bed. The bedding sand should not be compacted, as it will settle naturally once pavers are laid and vibrated.

Goal: Lay and level a uniform 1-inch layer of bedding sand over the compacted base using screed bars and a straight edge.

Tools and materials

  • Level
  • Screed Bars
  • Straight Edge (e.g
  • 2x4 board)
  • Bedding Sand Scooby Series Sand

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oh here we go here we go okay so we use screed bars so in this case they're actually screening the base material and then we'll use the same screen bars to screed the sand after they get this base laid out they'll lift them yep they're lifting the bars up and they'll set the bottom of their base they'll pack that down and then they'll lift the bars up again and set reuse those bars for their sand the reason we use the bars it's literally just to the right depth for your sand you don't want to go too deep on sand simply because deep sand although it it is a non-organic material and structurally is amazing it has zero binder and can shift if you get a lot of rain underneath it so if you have a deep sand base and you get that sand underneath you're shifting a little tiny bit it can take a perfectly level base paver and just kitty wampus it a tiny bit and throw it off so we like to use this is recycled class five this is three quarter inch rock and it has fines all the way down but the fines are actually a compactable material and packs up hard like concrete and here you'll see these guys putting the base in and two lifts they've already got one lift down this is the second lift and you see where he's hitting it with a pack sorry i feel like i'm talking too much this time there's just so many details i want to get out to you guys because i know some of you guys maybe who's gonna use this to help you build your own pavers so i'm just gonna splurt it all out here and i promise i'll won't talk so much on future ones [Music] just by screening the base it makes the next step screeding the sand goes so much faster it really does hey good morning everyone this is a chili one today we are gonna have a little bit further trip with the skid steer so this is the recycle class five before we lay it down and what recycle class five is is this is actually asphalt and concrete from roads curbs brought to a central processing facility ground up to make new road based materials this is all green material all completely being reused and it works amazing but this load is chunky if you look as it comes out you're going to see bigger chunks which isn't the end of the world but those big chunks can't be left in trunks see those chunks coming out those chunks have to be broken down so although it's not perfect it's not the end of the world we're not going to reject this load it just means the boys got to be extra careful but when you're putting it in lifts that thick it's not the…

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