DIY stone path

Today, the suburban pace is construction, holiday villages grow like mushrooms after rain. To save on construction, some of the work can be done independently, for example, lay out a garden path or a stone path leading to the entrance of the house. So our author, along with his wife, decided to make a path from the remains of the facing stone and fragments. Let's look at how the couple performed the work and what did they need?

Materials
1. facing stone
2. stone fragments after construction
3. sand
4. cement
5. gravel

Instruments
1. shovel
2. trowel
3. solution wheelbarrow
4. manual rammer
6. mallet
7. hammer

The process of laying a stone path do it yourself
To save on material, the author took a facing stone and fragments with scraps remaining after construction. The spouses decided on the track
make from the porch of the house and right up to the start of the road. First of all, the master with the help of a shovel removes the sod, the shape of the track is chosen arbitrary, so to speak "by eye".Having removed and removed the top layer of the earth with the turf from the place of work, the author proceeded to backfill the resulting surface with fine gravel.Then, together with his wife, they began ramming the filling of fine gravel with a manual rammer.The work is not easy and you should periodically rest, for example, sit on the porch and admire the work done.Next, the author prepares a cement-sand mortar, interfering with it in the trough of a garden car.Large stones are laid out on the edges in order to outline the contour of the future path, and the middle is filled with small stones and fragments, which should also be neatly and harmoniously laid out.Such beauty is obtained in the process of work.When laying the stone, a cement mortar is used, which is distributed in an even layer on top of the compacted fine gravel.Then the already laid out path from the stone should be sprinkled with sand in order to fill all the cavities and cracks in the resulting surface.That's actually such a beautiful and durable stone path that turned out for a couple, which they are very pleased with, because the appearance of the path is very stately and gives fabulousness to the overall picture.
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