Installation Guide

Base

Paver

BROCK

For all Patios and Walkways

INSTALL EDGE RESTRAINT

Once your stones are installed it is important to hold the perimeter of your project in

place. Simply place edge restraint on top of the sand and the geotextile fabric that

we folded over earlier. Then install using 8-10” landscape spikes. You may feel free

to bend the edge restraint to follow the natural outline of the stones to give your

patio a more natural feeling.

STEP 9

INSTALL THE NATURAL STONE

This is the fun part! Laying natural stone is very simple. Before

putting the stone onto the project lay them out in the yard and try to

ﬁnd the pieces that ﬁt well together with the size joint you like.

There is a slight art to ﬁguring out which stone ﬁts best where, but

that is what makes no two patios the same. Once you have an idea

of where you want them. Take the ends of the geotextile that you

let long and simply fold them over on top of the sand to make the

whole system sealed so you are sure nothing will move. Then

install the stones into the bedding sand. If you ﬁnd an area with a

stone that is very thin and there is not enough bedding sand, simply

add more underneath it until it is level and positioned where you

want it. The same holds true for a stone that is slightly to thick.

Simply brush some of the sand away until it lays as you want it.

Try to keep the bedding sand on the bottom of the stones and don’t

let it work to far up between them as we will be ﬁlling the joints

with a special sand later to hold it all together. Make sure to leave

2-3” of exposed sand around the outside of your project to later

add edge restraint.

NATUREAL STONES OR FLAGSTONES

EDGE RESTRAINTS

The base is the most important step in your patio and walkway projects.

HOW TO INSTALL

PATIOS AND WALKWAYS

Natural Flagstone – (different thickness stones)