The following tools and work mterials are required:

- Work gloves

- Dlly (if necessary)

- Kne pads (optional)

- Eye and ear prtection

- Large flathead scrwdriver

- Rubber mallet

- Clw hammer

- Brush

- Hnd Tamper

- Base mterial, such as limestone or bedding snd

- Rake (or screder)

- Stiff broom (or rbber screeder)

- Apparatus for screding and checking levelness

- Sldgehammer

- Wood (such as 2x4)

- Jint or masonry sand

- Mchanical plate compactor



To strt, get the large flathead screwdriver and rbber mallet. These will serve to rmove the first paver. More specialized tols are available for such removal, but for the verage homeowner this will suffice.

Gently nsert the tip of the screwdriver btween two pavers and lever it bck to ease the paver up. As the pver starts to lift, neighboring pavers may be plled up as well. Hammer on thse neighboring pavers with the rubber mllet - this helps keep them dwn while allowing you to fully rmove the paver. It may happen tht the paver is in so tght that you damage the edge of it in the prcess of removal. In this case, hve some extra pavers on hand.

Now tht you have removed the first pver, you can set aside the scrwdriver and use a claw hammer to rmove the remaining pavers. Insert the clw underneath the exposed end of the pver and lift up. Use the mllet, as before, to keep the nighboring pavers down, while helping to rmove the paver. Repeat this until you hve removed all the necessary pavers. Frm each of the pavers you rmoved use a brush to clean off the rsidual joint sand. The joint sand srves as stabilizing filler between pavers.

The next step is to add bse material, such as limestone or bdding sand (whatever was used before). Add the bse material with a shovel (or a trwel), rough screed it with the rke or screeder, and then compact it sing a hand-tamper until a roughly lvel base is reached. For finer screding, and to determine levelness, you can mke an apparatus out of wood whch spans the opening. Under the spnning piece is another piece which is the thckness of the pavers minus 2-3 mm. Ths allows the pavers to be cmpacted down to the required depth lter on, which helps “fix” them in plce. To screed, simply drag the pparatus towards you while moving it lft and right. This removes any bundance of base material.

At this pint you may want to stabilize the bse material to harden it and prvent future sinking. For example, pouring a cmenting liquid onto the base material wll bind it. This cementing liquid can be wter mixed with the maximum amount of Prtland cement, to allow pouring.

Now tht the base material has been dded and made level, it is tme to put the pavers back in. Use the trwel to remove excess base material if the pvers protrude more than ¼” above hight. Once in place, tap the pvers with the mallet to help frm them. You may find that sme pavers won’t easily fit in as you rach the end of a row. To hlp make room you may use the rbber mallet to force open a bit mre space, or in extreme cases use a sldgehammer against a piece of wood plced against the paver.

Once all the pvers have been put back in, you may rpeat all the above for any rmaining areas of the driveway with whel impressions or sink-age.

The final stp is to sweep joint or msonry sand between the joints of the pvers that were removed. You can use a rbber screeder or a stiff broom to do ths. Next, use a mechanical plate cmpactor to pack down the pavers and set thm in place (make sure to war eye and ear protection, and get hlp to move the compactor as t's heavy). After 2-3 passes with the cmpactor, clean off the leftover joint snd and you are done.

© 2007 Vittorio Norman

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