[albert]

have a job coming up with clay pavers (pine hall brand) the distributer says they can be compacted with a plate compactor ( using a fabric under the compactor of course) has any one out their had any experience with them or tips.

[agla]

I worked on a crew that ran a compactor over clay pavers several years ago. We watered it (in stone dust) and used 1/8" masonite or luan (sp?) 4'x8' sheets (3 or 4 of them that we moved around). We kept the masonite wet too, I don't know why. It worked very well and we did not break any that I can remember (GlenGerry bricks).

[Stonehenge]

Put a urethane pad on your compactor and you'll be golden. We install Pine Hall all the time.

Other than that, there really isn't anything to know, different from installing any other paver.

If you need to adhere clay pavers to concrete block (like for steps), you'll need to be more particular about site and material conditions, as clay doesn't always like to bond perfectly to concrete.

[scl]

Doing a large project now in Belden clay pavers. The only gripe I've got is that if they knock together they'll chip. And they are a lot harder to cut. Bought a urethane mud flap and bolted it to my plate, and man does that work slick. Pad from Bomag was $450, flap was $40 or so with shipping.
The one thing I can say I did like about these pavers is they come packed so that you can separate the sections and move them easily with a smaller skid steer using the fork pockets. No fork pockets in concrete paver cubes.