Manufacturer
Basic Tech Guide / Project Planning Guide
- Consulted
- October 10, 2026
- Language
- en
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What we take from it
- Lifts of 50 to 75 mm compacted with a plate.
- The edging is anchored on the base, which extends past the pavers.
- Cutting with a guillotine or a wet or vacuum diamond saw.
- Planning guide from a North American maker: base lifts, edging and cutting.
- A maker's planning guide: pedestrian base, edging and cutting.
- The guide gives a base thickness range specific to pool decks, with careful drainage.
- Unilock also gives 150 mm of compacted base under the first course.
- Unilock fills the cores and the back of the wall with clear stone and staggers joints from course to course.
- Unilock lets the adhesive set 4 to 8 hours before backfilling topsoil; we use the top of the range.
- Pad, clear stone fill and adhesive set time.
- Unilock gives 100 to 150 mm of gravel base under block steps, and 200 mm of clear stone backfill behind.
- Unilock builds block steps with a clear stone fill and slab treads.
- Unilock lets the adhesive set 4 to 8 hours; we use the top of the range.
- Unilock ties the paving to the steps with an edge restraint.
- Base and backfill of block steps.
- Unilock installs edge restraint on the unrestrained sides of the paving.