How to Paver a Walkway

Preparation

• 1

  Mark out the path you want your walkway to follow by driving in stakes and stretching string between them.

• 2

  Measure the width and length of the walkway to determine how much crushed gravel and concrete sand you need, as well as how many pavers are needed.

• 3

  Dig out the walkway, making the trench 8 inches deep. Keep the floor of the trench level and run the tamper or compactor over it to make a solid, stable surface.

• 4

  Pour a four-inch layer of crushed gravel over the base of the walkway trench. Level the gravel and compact it with the tamper or compactor.

• 5

  Add a two-inch layer of concrete sand over the crushed gravel. Level and compact this layer.

Laying the Pavers

• 6

  Determine the pattern that you will lay the pavers in. Alternate the pavers so that the ends of the pavers are not even with each other to make a more stable walkway.

• 7

  Begin at one end of the walkway and lay in the pavers, following the pattern you determined. If a paver needs cut, mark it with chalk, and cut with the saw or splitter.

• 8

  After all of the pavers have been laid, sweep concrete sand over the top of the walkway to fill in the cracks between the pavers.

• 9

  Compact the entire surface, and then sweep in more concrete sand.