PROJECT GARDEN PATH

Gather your supplies

• Paving and brickie’s sand

• Cement

• Charcoal face bricks

• Crushed granite

You’ll also need Crowbar; spirit level; shovel; stringlines; wheelbarrow; rubber mallet; trowel

Here’s how

STEP 1 Use crowbar to break up and remove existing concrete path. Excavate near gate for bricked entry.

STEP 2 At gate, lay a 50mm thick bed of paving sand that is 80mm below the finished height of the path. Mix a bit of cement into the sand so it will harden when wet. Make the sand level then lay face bricks on top, aligned with the outside of the fence.

STEP 3 Dig narrow trenches along the sides of your path. Set up stringlines at the outside edges of your path. Blend brickie’s sand and cement in the ratio of 5:1 and mix with water in a wheelbarrow. Make the mix so it will hold its shape but will easily give when a brick is pressed into it. Shovel mortar into trench, then lay bricks on edge in mortar. Tap down using a rubber mallet until edge of brick meets the stringline. STEP 4 Every so oft‚en, lay a row of bricks across the path to break it up and create interest along the length. When finished, spread mortar on either side of the bricks about 30mm from the top. Splay the mortar away from the bricks with a trowel to create a wide bed. Leave mortar to set.

STEP 5 Spread crushed granite between the bricks, making sure it is at least 40mm thick. Stamp down granite with your feet as you go. Finish path by sweeping off the top of the granite flush with the bricks.

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