Tap the paver down using a rubber mallet.
How to install a raised brick paver patio.
Be sure to carefully place the pavers and refrain from disturbing the leveled sand on which the pavers are placed.
Spread a 1 8 inch layer of sand across the pavers and sweep back and forth so that it works into all the cracks.
Make another pass or two over the surface with the plate compactor adding and or sweeping the sand around as needed.
Fill in the area behind the wall rock with approved materials for below your patio.
Installing brick patio pavers is not as hard as it may look.
Smooth and level the sand.
300 mm behind the block with wall rock up to the height of the block.
Lay the first brick paver close to the retaining wall tapping it down with a rubber mallet.
So we did what made sense to only us and decided to lay paver stones under the entire 3 raised garden beds and re do everything.
This will keep the blocks from shifting while filling and compacting.
I would suggest that you also make the beds themselves out of brick pavers or stones because the wooden sides of any garden beds will eventually warp and rot.
Install your own paver patio with step by step instructions.
Position the first patio paver against the retaining wall and slide it carefully snuggly into the corner.
How to install a paver patio.
Lay the other brick pavers one at a time using the first paver as guide.
Clean up the area by sweeping any excess sand away and your raised patio is complete.
The result is a paver patio that is retained on all sides with retaining wall block supported from below in an icpi approved fashion using geogrid geotextile.
Make sure that is placed horizontally on the sand.
No matter how large or small you want your future patio to be the everyday homeowner can build their own brick patio.
Fill the hollow cores and 12 in.
It ll stand like that for decades and should a repair ever be needed it ll be quick and easy instead of costing thousands and requiring the tear down of much of the patio.