A brick paver patio is much more attractive than a bland concrete slab. Laying a patio made from brick pavers makes a good DIY project for your home. Here’s how to go about it:
- Start by establishing a border around the patio.
- Fill the patio space with several inches of base material—such as crushed granite, recycled crushed concrete, or coarse sand—to provide a firm foundation and aid in drainage.
- Use a straight piece of lumber as a screed board to distribute and level the base material.
- Compact the base material using either a motorized plate compactor or a hand tamp.
- Lay the pavers on the base material, making sure they’re level.
- Sweep sand or a sand polymer mix into the cracks between the pavers.
Watch this video to find out more.
Further Information
- How to Lay a Paver Patio (video/article)
- Adding a Deck, Patio, or Outdoor Kitchen (video/article)
- How to Score Lines and Finish a Concrete Patio (video)
- How to Improve the Look of a Concrete Patio (video)
Hi,
Does anyone know if you can use these for driveways?
Thanks in advance
They sure can, Natalie! We recommend using interlocking ones and really prepare that base.
Good luck!
We have a brick patio under our oak tree . . we’ve used sand between the bricks so that the tree can still get water, but the sand keeps disappearing. Can we use crushed granite between the bricks??
Hi, MFS,
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