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Paver Installation Considerations

Properly preparing the base material is critical to the paver installation.

First, the amount of base material needed is determined by local soil conditions.

Second, a Geotextile Fabric is installed to keep the native soil separated from the base material.

Third, the right type of base must be installed. It must compact when installed in 2-4-inch lifts. The base material itself should be a granular type that compacts easily. Each state has different names for the product use as base material. However there is a rule of thumb:

According to Dave Smith of the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute, base material for under a concrete paver job should be the same type as used by the State Department of Transportation under the roads in that area.

In California this is called "type 2 base". In some areas it is called "AB3", or "21A", or "three-quarter minus".

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