My only experience has been on a level, sandy soil. We just edged one side
of the path with 1x4 pressure treated wood, leveled the path to the wood,
put down plastic to keep the "foundation" from washing out, and laid the
bricks. It settled a little but is otherwise fine.
I would think with clay you would have no problem. I would consider the
edging with wood or steel just to keep the bricks from separating over time.
What kind of bananas do you race?
Rex Burkheimer
Marketing Director
WM Automotive Warehouse
Fort Worth TX rex@wmautomotive.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Lee - Team Banana Racing <mikel@ichips.intel.com>
To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 12:31 PM
Subject: Paving a brick walkway....
>
>
> Now that the weather is finally cooperative, I get the joy of putting in a
new walkway
> and shed. It's not all bad; all the gardening/lawn stuff goes into the
shed, giving
> me that much more room in the garage....
>
> I'm in Portland OR. It doesn't snow (maybe 1"/year?) or dip below
freezing (maybe a
> few days). The "soil" is heavy clay, and a portion of the walkway path
slopes significantly
> (~7' drop over 50' run). I don't intend to put in any steps, as I'll need
to wheel the
> mower, etc. up and down this path. I'm trying to keep the walkway as
simple as possible,
> just so I can get back to building my car (and because I'm lazy.... =;^)
>
> I've ruled out concrete, as I don't think I can make it slope very well.
Also, I'm
> trying to avoid the need to dig out 4" of clay, add gravel, tamp it down,
etc....
> I've been told by the fine folks at Home Depot that to install a brick
path, I only
> need to tamp down the dirt and lay the brick on top. Is this accurate, as
their
> own book says I need to excavate, add gravel for drainage, etc? Now, we
all know what
> answer I *WANT* to hear....but what's the right answer?
>
> About the shed, it's going to get built underneath out deck (remember the
7' dropoff?).
> Due to the spacing of the deck supports, I can only make it about 5'x4'.
I'm planning
> on getting 4 pier blocks, and casting them into place on top of gravel
with concrete.
> I'll be building a shed foundation using .4cca (?) pressure treated wood.
Other than
> laying down a layer of landscape fabric and maybe a sheet of heavy plastic
sheeting,
> there shouldn't be any need to add any additional drainage (i.e.
excavating and gravel),
> should there?
>
> Thanks!
> Mike
>
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