Driveway edging can create an attractive border for your home s driveway serving to protect it as well as adding additional curb appeal.
Diy concrete driveway with paver border.
Tamp down the pavers mechanically to force sand into the joints.
You can use driveway edging for many types of common driveway surfaces such as asphalt concrete brick and even stone and there are many ways to design and implement it.
No matter which border option is chosen the paver field should be secured with paver edge restraints.
For this project we used concrete edge borders.
Spray on with a garden sprayer following the product instructions for best results.
With a solid gravel base a brick border will last for the life of your house.
Make an attractive border for a concrete walkway or patio using brick pavers set on a bed of gravel and sand.
Set the pavers in the sand bed according to your plan from step 1 spacing the pavers as closely as possible.
The process is straight forward.
Spread mason sand over the pavers.
Excavate the area to be paved.
It s really quite simple.
Techniseal offers rigid paver edging in 8 foot sections or coil edging in 40 foot rolls that can both be cut as needed during installation to fit the paver field.
Thousands of videos online show the steps and all the tricks of the trade.
We used a string as guideline when installing the borders on both sides of the driveways.
Build a diy driveway with pavers.
The top of the borders should be flush with the paver blocks in our case 3.
I go into detail how to prep your ground how deep to dig how much grav.
The tops of the pavers should be flush with the driveway s surface.
Finish with a layer of concrete sealer once the driveway is completely set.
For curves restraints can be snipped at the top if needed for additional flexibility.
It can be installed either professionally or diy.