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Old 04-20-2006, 08:54 PM
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paver walk excavation

I am doing a 3' wide paver walk and was wondering what width I should excavate to. Are there any advantages to excavating beyond a 3' width. I have seen a number of walks where they excavated beyond, and then filled in with maybe 2" of topsoil. Naturally, the grass would burn in the summer due to the lack of moisture retention.

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Old 04-20-2006, 09:18 PM
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A properly done walk has to exted the same depth base on each side.
If you install a base of 4" item 4 it has to extend at least 4" on each side. I usually like it to be 6" .

I have found that doing an average walk 3' following proper specifications (edging material specially), incurres almost the same time and materials than doing a 4' wide.

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Old 04-20-2006, 10:59 PM
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We always add on 6" each side. For us standard width is 5' wide finished walk, about the width of a skid steer bucket!
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Old 04-21-2006, 12:43 PM
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Thanks guys. I'll give it a try.

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Old 04-23-2006, 11:18 PM
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standard 6" each side so you can adjust for straightness and if you are doing curves and flares it will be even wider
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