Screening of sand and gravel. Garden path from granite screening Laying of geotextiles and sand mixture

Filled paths are more suitable for the garden, since the small stone not fixed by the frame of the lawn lattice is mobile and the path does not withstand large mechanical loads.

On the other hand, the stone scattering organically fits into the landscape of the landscape garden. Crushed stone is most often used as a filler, less often small pebbles or granite chips.

An exquisite addition to the rocky path will be sandstone slabs, wooden beams, wood cuts (round timber), decorative concrete tiles (at least 6 cm thick).

When the site has elevation differences, then the docking different levels fill paths are made by means of a stepped arrangement timber or stone blocks.

The simplest version of a fill track for a site with light moisture-permeable soil is compacted granite screening.

The place for the path is first leveled by removing 5 cm of soil. Since geotextiles cannot be used here as a protection against weed growth, they do it by simply stripping the soil from plant roots and then etching them with chemicals.

Next, the granite screening is mixed with sand (in half), poured into a trench and carefully tamped. The edges of the path are slightly blurred, but for the garden plot this is only a spicy detail that enhances the aesthetics of the landscape.

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When planning embankment paths, we recommend that you deviate from the stereotype that the path should be the same along its entire width. The gravel path is remarkable in that it resembles the bed of a dried-up stream, which means that it has winding edges and its smooth narrowing or expansion occurs along its entire length.

Installation work begins with a trench, the bottom of which is leveled, they are rammed and covered with geotextiles (this is necessary, otherwise, the grass will sprout, and the path will quickly collapse due to the "ingrowth" of the stone into the soil).

The walls are reinforced with a board or plastic lawn tape: they are fixed in an upright position with pegs.

First, a layer of wet sand of medium or coarse fraction is poured onto the prepared base, rammed.

Above there is a layer of crushed stone of at least 10 cm. Moreover, first a medium-sized stone is poured, and on top of a layer of a smaller one. The trench is filled to the level of the sides.

Thus, it is easy to calculate the required minimum trench depth: 5 cm (sand) + 10 cm (rock) = 15 cm.

COMBINED TRACKS

If you put slabs, beams, round timber on top of the crushed stone path, then it will turn out to be uneven and will be inconvenient to move.

Therefore, the paving elements are laid until the final filling with fine gravel. As already mentioned, the thickness of large slabs should not be less than 6 cm, small - 4 cm (otherwise they will break during operation). That is, a stone is laid on the first layer of crushed stone 4-5 cm thick, after which the gaps are filled with finer gravel.

As for wooden elements then here optimal thickness 10 cm, but you can't do without a crushed stone layer from below (as drainage). The way out is to prepare a deeper trench. Wooden cuts and it is advisable to treat the timber with an antiseptic and mastic (lower part).

An old recipe from Slavic architects: dip each round timber in hot drying oil and dry it (be extremely careful, it is highly flammable!).

The gaps between the cuts are filled with granite screenings.

PICTURES BY THEME

The fill path is combined with bark-free saw cuts. The gaps are filled with screenings, and the side parts are decorated with river pebbles.

A similar version of the combined bulk track, only instead of cuts, a thick board (at least 4 cm) was taken, treated with a water-repellent impregnation.

15.07.2011, 02:36

15.07.2011, 02:48

15.07.2011, 02:54

Sifting out finer, in my opinion, crushed stone is a great option
As for the cost - look for delivery equipment in your area, as close to the site as possible. Basically, the price depends on the delivery distance. And I would also order sand with sand or separately a layer of sand on top

15.07.2011, 03:10

here in our village it turns out that 10 cubic meters. rubble 20-40 costs 1300, and screenings are 10500 ... there is something to think about

1300 - is it delivered? take it without thinking!

15.07.2011, 03:18

1300 - is it delivered? take it without thinking!

But 10 is not a lot! Such a small hill

And where is your village? :) I would order for such a price ...

I just thought, maybe it's a typo))) tomorrow I'll call the manager here link (http://www.turyshkino.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11&Itemid=12)

15.07.2011, 04:01

15.07.2011, 11:33

in our country house there was also solid clay
covered with rubble, and on top with sand, in some places just sand

How did you fall asleep, just from above? or should you mix it with clay? And then a layer of earth on top? I want to make a lawn. Or is there no need to sow the land at all and sow the grass right away? My head is spinning from the accumulated information ...

15.07.2011, 12:06

here in our village it turns out that 10 cubic meters. rubble 20-40 costs 1300, and screenings are 10500 ... there is something to think about
Or maybe 1300 rubles. is this rubble cube worth? We at least 2 didn’t go back at this price for 1 cubic meter. bought. District of Divenskaya.

Just

15.07.2011, 12:15

There is clearly something wrong with the price of rubble. There are no such prices. Please clarify.

From the island

15.07.2011, 12:18

Our car of gravel costs 12,000 rubles.
In general, it is not bad to lay a special rag under the rubble (I forgot the name), otherwise the rubble goes down very quickly.

15.07.2011, 12:32

In general, it is not bad to lay a special rag under the rubble (I forgot the name), otherwise the rubble goes down very quickly.

Geotextile is called.

15.07.2011, 12:34

but how did you fall asleep, just on top? or should you mix it with clay? And then a layer of earth on top? I want to make a lawn. Or is there no need to sow the land at all and sow the grass right away? My head is spinning from the accumulated information ...

They just poured it on top of the clay, the earth must be cleaned to clay, mixed with clay - this is unrealistic
and then a layer of earth on top and sow grass

15.07.2011, 13:16

no, on clay geotextile is not necessary

15.07.2011, 16:22

Gentlemen, help with advice! There is a site, the soil is solid clay, when it rains over the site, you can't pass the water. The builders advised to fill up with screenings first, then a layer of earth on top. Looked at the prices of screening costs almost 8 times more expensive than crushed stone 20-40. What is the fundamental difference? Can such a scheme be done with rubble? Can you advise how best to proceed, options, etc.))) Thanks in advance! : flower:

It is better to do the filling with sand. Career is the cheapest.
Other options are broken brick, dolomite crushed stone, etc., sand on top. There is already soil, lawn, etc. on the sand.
For dumping, it is MANDATORY to lay GT of medium density (250-300).

But the problem of high GWL cannot be solved simply by filling. It is imperative to think over the drainage of the site - at least this system of ditches with a branch to the lowest point, and from there a pump somewhere lower (a reservoir, a large ditch, a drainage well). Ditches can also be filled with rubble by wrapping in GT.

No, on clay geotextile is not necessary
you fall asleep the sieben, you can still have a layer of sand on top, then the earth and sow
but it still needs to be leveled across the site

Explain why GT is not necessary?

Screening from sand and screening from rubble are completely different, so here we will try to figure out what is needed and for what. In what construction works, or in the manufacture of which building materials, one or another screening is applied and used.
What is sand screening? From what production is the sand screening left? Screening from sand remains in the production of alluvial (washed) sand, since in the production of alluvial (washed) sand, the sand is washed with a large amount of water, to remove natural impurities that are not needed in certain areas of construction from the sand, and sifting also occurs sand to a certain fraction. As a result, the required fraction of sand remains in the composition of the alluvial sand, and the larger parts are screened out, which is the screening out of the sand. Sand screening is inherently. The main differences between screening out from sand, from natural gravel, are such factors as: there is a small sandiness of the screening, there is no separation of the screening into fractions (gravel can be selected from different fractions, from large stones to small pebbles). As a result, in the sand screening, they can turn out to be as large stones up to 100 mm in size. in diameter, and small particles of the sand itself, which may not be acceptable in a particular area of construction.
Sand screening applications in construction are as widespread as applications. Basically, screening is used in the construction of temporary roads, dumping of parking lots, large stones from the screening are also used for design purposes, and the arrangement of garden plots. Not a recommended use of sand screening, considered a sand screening fabrication concrete mortars, for subsequent filling concrete structures... In conclusion, we conclude that if you need to fill the road, or make a parking lot for a car, or maybe a site for installing a garage or a shell, then in this case, ideally and not expensive (which is not so important), sanding is suitable for you.

What is crushed stone screening, its production and use? Screening from crushed stone is, so to speak, waste from production itself, or, as they say, it is the smallest fraction of crushed stone, from 0mm to 0.3mm. As we know, crushed stone is produced by crushing or screening hard rocks. natural stone, or hard rocks. It turns out after crushing the stone into crushed stone, it is processed and sorted into certain fractions of crushed stone, such as 5-20 mm, or 20-40 mm, or even more 40-70 mm, and smaller particles are sifted out separately. As a result, these small parts, or so to speak fragments, are screenings from rubble. Their content may contain both dust from the destruction of stones, and sand that got into the crusher, and of course small particles and fragments of the stones themselves. But this does not make screening from crushed stone a waste from building materials; in construction, screening from crushed stone finds its application as well as crushed stone itself.
Screening from crushed stone is mainly used in the production of cement-concrete mortars, since it already contains a large number of fine solid particles, and the absence of clay, which is necessary to create a high-quality solution. Also, screening from crushed stone is used as a substrate (pillow), for laying paving stones, and paving slabs, as a replacement for quarry or alluvial (washed) sand.

No one suburban area garden paths are not complete - apart from the fact that they provide free access to all areas in any weather, it is also one of the decoration tools. In most cases, garden paths are paved with tiles / flat stone / paving stones or concreted, less often wooden decking or terrace board... It is popular and, in particular, it is cast directly on the spot by means of special forms. But today we will talk about the original path, which the participant of our portal preferred to the usual, which he does not regret.

Construction of tracks.
Operation of the coating.
Features of the tracks from the dropout.

Construction of paths

In front of a member of our portal with a nickname Kolos75 a typical task arose - to improve the neglected area, the condition of which deteriorated significantly in the off-season.

Kolos75 FORUMHOUSE member

We got the site quite neglected, and if in the summer, when it was dry, it was still bearable, then in the fall and spring a mud apocalypse came - moving around the site became unbearable and even dangerous, since it was very slippery. Well, and the car had to be left outside the border of the site at all, since there was no parking or check-in, in principle, there was an extensive garbage dump instead.

As usual, improvement work is mainly in one hand and a relatively modest budget for all accomplishments. The paths were decided to be made of granite screening on a crushed stone base. Lack of wet concrete processes allowed not only to reduce the cost, but also to simplify the arrangement of the tracks, but the fact that work is hard is a fact.

Kolos75

To be honest, it's a hell of a job. Along the way, various epithets came into my head, such as “If you want to lose weight, ask me how,” “He loves a fool,” and the like. But it is necessary - it means it is necessary. However, this is no longer the second time to repeat this.

The crushed stone was thoroughly crushed with a homemade beater from a bar and a board, it turned out longer and worse than when using a vibrating plate, but the idea to rent the unit came, as usual, "afterwards". Then he covered the crushed stone with a layer of crushed stone, about 15 cm.When backfilling the site for parking with another layer of geotextile, he separated the crushed stone from the crushed stone - he laid the canvas on top of the crushed stone pillow, poured another 5 cm of crushed stone on top and two more layers of granite dropout on top with pouring and ramming each layer.

During the discussion, an opinion appeared in the topic that it was not worth separating the layers.

ArtFamily FORUMHOUSE Member

And in the parking lot it was not worth laying the second layer of geotextile. In such road surface geotextiles are needed only at the bottom - to separate the cushion from rubble and soil. Screening during the ramming process will fill the voids of the pillow, it contains a mass of dusty particles, due to which, under the influence of moisture and load, the coating is compacted into a kind of monolith. But with partly movable top layer the size of one particle / pebble. The second layer of geotextile cuts off the seedlings and prevents them from filling the voids - the connection between the crushed stone cushion and the granite backfill is broken.

Kolos75

Arriving at the dacha at the end of the working week, I found a very hard surface - not that the track, not even a print left after the car arrived. So the result exceeded all my expectations. Yes, and the last showers shed everything properly - the dust is gone, it turned out very much.

Coating operation

In operation, such paths are not picky - the debris is easily removed by means of a fan rake, the screenings practically do not stick to the sole. A small amount remains at the "customs", the role of which is played by a rubber mat. In case of heavy rainfall, the coating remains dry, since water is instantly discharged through gravel and drainage.

Kolos75

The slope across the entire site is natural, plus drain pipe dug along the edge of the parking lot at the lowest point of the site, and the drain is led out of it into a ditch. The second pipe is laid under the path - from the house to the lower border of the site. And so the water instantly leaves through the coating, even in a downpour, puddles are practically not formed.

On the site there is clay, heaving soil and high level groundwater(UGV), and this type of paths is preferable to impenetrable concreted ones, which was confirmed by the winter that passed without harmful effects. In the spring, the paths remained in their original form, for refining, a superficial "combing" with a rake was enough.

Nevertheless, the appetite comes with eating, and I wanted to fragmentarily increase the functionality and decorativeness by placing large pieces of granite (25 mm thick) right on the screenings. Fortunately, a quarry nearby, there is plenty to choose from and without overpaying to dealers.

Despite the fact that over time pink color granite approached gray, the coating looked presentable in summer.

Snow cleaning in winter period also not particularly burdensome - the surface freezes into a monolith, and the snow can be thrown back with a shovel without violating the integrity of the granite layer.

Several years later Kolos75 in the same way paved paths to a new future summer kitchen and the beds, and with the remaining screenings, I slightly renewed the old cover, which had somewhat lost its appearance, but completely retained its functionality. The dirty gray shade has turned pink again and is pleasing to the eye.

The device of a garden path from granite screening is one of the most inexpensive and simple ways lay reliable, durable and beautiful paths along the country or garden plot... It is no coincidence that in all and the suburbs, the paths are made exclusively from granite screenings. In England, many garden paths are made from medium-sized rubble. Such paths are much cheaper than natural stone or concrete paving stones.

We are building a granite dropout path around the house. In combination, the dropout path will serve to drain water from the foundation of the house. Since our soil is peaty, and the foundation is pile-grillage (with a high, that is, hanging above the ground, grillage), then a real blind area around the house is not needed. Also, soil insulation is not required: peat freezing under the snow is minimal (20-30 cm). The dropout path will only support pedestrians or cyclists. A screening path for cars or a device will require laying geotextiles and road mesh, backfilling a layer of crushed stone and only then granite screening.


To begin with, peat is removed from the dropout to a depth of 1-1.5 shovel bayonets under the path. Geotextiles with a density of 120 g / m 2 are laid on peat. Crushed stone, gravel, coarse sand can be poured over the geotextile. We had a mixture of sand, fine gravel and loam at our disposal. After thoroughly mixing the mixture, we laid it down, forming a slope from the house with a difference of 12-15 cm by 1.5 meters. The mixture was trampled under the walkway and rammed. For ramming, a vibrating platform, a hand roller or a rammer from a log or bar is used.		A granite screening path necessarily requires a curb. The curb will keep soil and vegetation out of the track and prevent it from eroding the edges. We use a garden tape border for the path. You can also purchase reinforced curbs, use concrete curb stones, siding as a curb, wooden slats, bars, a natural stone or old linoleum.

Sprinkle the curb tape of the garden path with sand. The tape should protrude at least 1 cm above the level of the track. The depth (height) of the curb tape depends on the thickness of the fertile layer. By default, the deeper the dropout curb is, the better.		Sprinkle the surface of the garden path with a layer of sand 5-10 cm and level it with back side rake. This layer will protect the next layer of geotextile from damage. We ram the layer again, keeping the formed slope of the garden path away from the house.

Spread geotextiles over the sand layer. It is best to use non-woven non-woven geotextile for garden paths - it is water permeable. In our case, geotextiles let water through worse - but this is not bad - water will be diverted from the house along the geotextile layer towards the ring drainage.		They brought us granite screenings. There are three colors of screenings near St. Petersburg: gray, pink and red. They cost the same. But: gray screenings do not look good, red screenings happen with an increased level of radiation. Therefore, our choice for a garden path is a safe and beautiful pink granite screening.

We begin to sprinkle geotextiles on the path with granite screenings. We join the sheets of geotextile with an overlap of 30 cm. The overlap is done so as to divert water from the house. First, we fix the geotextiles in small portions of screenings on the ground so that they are not blown away by a gust of wind.		Then we put a layer of granite screening on the track 10 cm thick.

Sifting out on the garden path is leveled with the back of the rake, rammed with a platform, a hand roller or rammer. Then the path from the granite screening is spilled with water (spray jet) to settle and wash the fine dust so that it does not rush into the house on the shoes.		After several good rains and under load, the screenings on the garden path will finally settle and become petrified, forming an even and durable surface of the garden path. You want to ask what this pile of stones is for? This is a homemade drainage well for rainfall from gutters.

On the basis of dropouts or crushed stone, then, if desired and the appearance of funds, you can lay paving slabs. To lay paving slabs, a layer of road geotextile is laid on top of the dropout or crushed stone and a layer of sand is filled in. The sand is rammed and laid on top paving slabs.		Paved paving slabs over the base of the crushed stone walkway.
Decomposed granite, or granite sand, is a dense packable material that is long-wearing and resistant to erosion and settling. Garden pathways made from granite sand are attractive and durable pavements. Granite sand pathway is a good choice for small garden for simplicity and ease of construction. Decomposed granite gives you a natural look that you can use to enhance your natural landscape.