Dig a trench that’s 2-5cm lower than your bricks will be, but not too much wider.
Get two string lines running at the height you want the top of your pavers to be, or like 1mm above that. 1 string line running either side of your paver line.
Fill with dry mortar till the mortar is about 2cm too high, so if you placed a brick down, it would sit 2cm too high.
Tap the brick down with a rubber mallet till it’s at the level and slope you set with the string.
Do it in sections. When all bricks you want are laid, get a hose and use a real fine mist to just create a crust on the mortar, without washing it away.
1 hour later, come and flood the fuck out of the thing so the water seeps deep into the mortar to set it.
Now, your example has mortar between spaced out pavers. If you used wet mortar, you’d slop it on as you go, but with the method I mentioned above, you could come back and fill the cracks with mortar and set that too, or use poly sand or whatever.
Edit: angle grinder with continuous diamond disc for neat cuts in pavers. Wet cut or mask.
Edit 2: I’ve never had to worry about a frost line in my country, but another comment did mention it, so if you’re reading this from the future, you’ll prob have additional steps if it freezes there.
user234519
Hire a brick layer would be the best bet. Or YouTube how to do it and buy a bunch of tools you’ll never need again.
this wouldn’t last one Michigan winter unless it was constructed extremely well. even then I’d assume it wouldn’t last long
Signal-Self-353
Are you located in California. This house almost looks exactly like my parents house
KevinBoston617
I’d recommend take a hard look at your sidewalk and walk up first and make sure it’s all reasonably level/pitched. Laying this brick out on an uneven walkway will make it look like shit
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The edging? I’d dry mortar it.
Dig a trench that’s 2-5cm lower than your bricks will be, but not too much wider.
Get two string lines running at the height you want the top of your pavers to be, or like 1mm above that. 1 string line running either side of your paver line.
Fill with dry mortar till the mortar is about 2cm too high, so if you placed a brick down, it would sit 2cm too high.
Tap the brick down with a rubber mallet till it’s at the level and slope you set with the string.
Do it in sections. When all bricks you want are laid, get a hose and use a real fine mist to just create a crust on the mortar, without washing it away.
1 hour later, come and flood the fuck out of the thing so the water seeps deep into the mortar to set it.
Now, your example has mortar between spaced out pavers. If you used wet mortar, you’d slop it on as you go, but with the method I mentioned above, you could come back and fill the cracks with mortar and set that too, or use poly sand or whatever.
Edit: angle grinder with continuous diamond disc for neat cuts in pavers. Wet cut or mask.
Edit 2: I’ve never had to worry about a frost line in my country, but another comment did mention it, so if you’re reading this from the future, you’ll prob have additional steps if it freezes there.
Hire a brick layer would be the best bet. Or YouTube how to do it and buy a bunch of tools you’ll never need again.
But have you laid cable?
Sorry, I only know how to lay pipe, bada bing.
where are you and how deep is the frost line?
https://www.hammerpedia.com/frost-line-map/
this wouldn’t last one Michigan winter unless it was constructed extremely well. even then I’d assume it wouldn’t last long
Are you located in California. This house almost looks exactly like my parents house
I’d recommend take a hard look at your sidewalk and walk up first and make sure it’s all reasonably level/pitched. Laying this brick out on an uneven walkway will make it look like shit
One at a time