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| Hello,
i live in DFW area of texas and found some pretty white/orange (clay) color rocks at a construction site that I plan to use to build a walk way from my front yard to my back yard. My house is fairly new so I can rip up two sections of bermuda grass sod in less than an hour. The rocks range in a variety of sizes, but I picked out the ones w/ the flat surfaces as I have kids who will be walking on them as well.
1) How deep should I dig? 2) Do I level and tamp down the base? 3) Should I use regular sand or concrete sand or no sand? 4) What type of fill should go on top to fill the rest in?
5) Any other suggestions? Money is tight, So i want to keep under $100.00 Thank you very much in advance!! |
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| I like setting my rocks flush with the grass. That way your lawn more goes over it. I like to do it right so I set them in concrete and have a 2' level so you place the rock while the concrete is still wet then level. I dig the hole about 2 to 3" for the concrete. The big thing is the spacing which is comfortable to me like 32" center to each rock. E-mail me if you want and I do this for a living. |
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