Garden paths made of natural stone surpass other types of paving with their service life and expressiveness. They are always clean and dry. Their use in garden areas is limited solely due to the high cost. Usually, natural stone is used to pave the paths leading to the house. They look great together with lawns or objects with floral arrangements.
The parameters of the materials used depend on the type of stones and how they are processed. Garden plots are best decorated with irregularly shaped elements obtained by splitting rather than cutting. They can have different shapes and sizes, but their thickness is close to the same, so that a fairly even masonry is obtained. Chipped stone slabs are much cheaper than regular shaped material. Paths made of natural stone will look very attractive if you use materials of the same shade, which should be combined with the color of the elements of the house. Booth is pricking very well. With the help of a hammer and a chisel, you can easily give it the right shape.
Paths made of natural stone are laid as follows. First, the base is prepared. It is necessary to remove the soil to a depth of 30-45 centimeters, depending on the parameters of the materials used. After that, make a sand embankment, its thickness should be 8-10 centimeters. Tamp it all. Next, you can do the laying of stone tiles. Here you can play with shapes and sizes as you like. Gaps should be filled with sand. Paths made of natural stone are obtained not only beautiful, but also durable due to the fact that they are laid on a layer of mortar. That is, before you lay out the material, you must pour a solution consisting of cement and sand in a proportion of one to five. The gaps between the stones can be filled with a solution, and then covered with gravel to get an additional decorative effect.
You can make paths from natural stone using large plates for this. In this case, they should be laid on the ground without any preliminary preparation of the foundation. To do this, the
bayonet of a shovel in the turf denotes the contour of the tile, and then, according to the form obtained, listen to a piece of land to a depth slightly exceeding the thickness of the stone. Sand the bottom so that the surface of the recess is as flat as possible. After that, the stone is laid in the obtained depression so that it is slightly lower than the level of the lawn. This is done for safety reasons (so that it does not fall under the knife of the mower).
Like other natural stone products, paths will have the same pattern as you lay out. Avoid joining sharp corners at one point. The contours of the tracks can be smooth or have the appearance of a broken line. Between the stones, the joints are filled with cement mortar. It can very well be made colored by tinting with additives. So you get a wonderful decorative effect. Natural stone structures attract not only with their natural decorativeness, but also with the ability to lay down a pattern of different pieces and plates.