AND DOING GREAT THINGS.
>> Tati: ABSOLUTELY.
I LOVE THAT SONG.
CELEBRITIES ARE ALL ABOUT
KEEPING UP WITH THE LATEST
TRENDS AND ONE TREND THAT IS
GAINING MOMENTUM WHEN IT
COMES TO YOUR HOME IS USING
BRICKS IN PLACE OF CONCRETE.
>> Chuck: BRICK PAVERS THEY
CAN ENHANCE THE CURB APPEAL
OF YOUR HOME AND OUR HOME
IMPROVEMENT INSIDER ADAM
HELFMAN SHOWS ALL OF US HOW
WE CAN BE SURE WE'RE GETTING
THE JOB DONE RIGHT.
>> THE MICHIGAN WEATHER IS
BEAUTIFUL RIGHT NOW.
EVERYONE WANTS TO BE
OUTSIDE.
AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE
TALKING LANDSCAPING AND HOW
TO GET BRICK PAVERS
INSTALLED THE RIGHT WA
WE'RE AT A LARGE LANDSCAPING
PRODUCT TODAY AND THAT
PROJECT INCLUDES HARD
SCAPING.
HARD SCAPING IS SOLID
SURFACE PORTION OF
LANDSCAPING.
IT INCLUDES NATURAL STONES,
CUT FLAG STONES AND THE
BRICK PAVING
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
COMPONENTS OF THIS
INSTALLATION IS THE BRICK
PAVER BASE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AND SEE
HOW DEEP YOU REALLY HAVE TO
GO.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
REALLY KNOW HOW DEEP TO GO
UNDERNEATH YOUR BRICK
PAVERS.
WELL, I ASK THE EXPERTS THEY
TELL ME FROM THE BOTTOM OF
THE BRICK PAVER DOWN OR A
SIDEWALK OR A WALKWAY YOU
GOT TO GO SIX TO EIGHT
INCHES DEEP.
BUT FIRST AFTER YOU GO THE
STEPS YOU HAVE TO PUT DOWN A
GEO TEXTILE FABRIC.
GEO TEXTILE FABRIC IS A
BARER THAT PREVENTS NATIVE
SOILS FROM COMPROMISING YOUR
BASE.
IN MICHIGAN WE USE ABOUT SIX
TO EIGHT INCHES OF CRUSHED
LIMESTONE AS A BASE.
THE BEST WAY TO DO IT THOUGH
IS TO COMPACT IT EVERY TWO
INCHES.
NOW THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT SIX
TO EIGHT INCHES OF YOUR
CRUSHED LIMESTONE YOU PUT
DOWN AN INCH OF BEDDING
SAND.
BEDDING SAND IS USED FOR THE
BRICK PAVERS TO HIT ON SO
YOU CAN PACK THE BRICK
PAVERS OVER THE SAND TO GIVE
YOU A NICE FINISH.
NOW THAT THE BRICK PAVERS
ARE PUT DOWN NICE AND LEVEL
THE LAST STEP IS TO INSTALL
THE SAND WHICH HAS A BONDING
AGENT IN THAT IT FILLS
BETWEEN THE CRACKS PREVENTS
WEEDS FROM GROWING THROUGH
AND HALTS EROSION
ALTHOUGH BRICK PAVERS HAVE
BEEN POPULAR FOR OVER 40
YEARS, TODAY THE DESIGNS
THEY'RE INCORPORATING IS ALL
THE RAGE.
IN ORDER TO GET THE CURVES
THE CONTRACTOR LAYS OUT THE
BRICK PAVERS FIRST THEN WITH
THE PROPER BLADE THEY CUT AN
EDGE A LINE INTO THE BRICK
PAVERS ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
ONE LAST THING, BRICK PAVING
IS REALLY NOT A DO IT
YOURSELF JOB SO WHEN YOU
HIRE A PROFESSIONAL MAKE
SURE YOU ASK HIM HOW LONG
SHOULD THE JOB TAKE.
LOOK OUT EVERYONE
>> Chuck: IT'S SO WEIRD
THAT'S HOW ADAM DROVE TO THE
STATION THIS MORNING.
ADAM HELFMAN IS WITH US AT
HIREITDONE.COM.
I SAID I'M SUCH A GEEK I
LOVE BRICK PAVERS.
I EVEN KNOW WHAT POLYMERIC
SAND IS THAT'S HOW MUCH OF A
GEEK I AM.
>> Tati: I DON'T.
BUT YOU BROUGHT A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT PAVERS.
>> OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE ALL
MANMADE.
OF COURSE BRICK PAVING IS
POPULAR IT HAS BEEN POPULAR
FOR 20 YEARS.
WHAT'S MAKING IT MORE
POPULAR AGAIN IS THE
COMBINATION THAT A LOT OF
THE CONTRACTORS.
SO THIS IS A STANDARD BRICK
PAVER.
WHAT THE CONTRACTORS ARE
DOING IS THEY'RE MIXING AND
MATCHING.
>> Chuck: THEN YOU ARE
GETTING TEXTURE AND BORDER
CHANGES.
>> WITH CURBS, AND DOING
ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT.
NOW THIS IS MANMADE AS WELL.
LOOK HOW HEAVY THAT IS.
>> Chuck: THIS ONE IS
SEALED.
>> IT'S SO HEAVY YOU CAN USE
IT FOR DRIVEWAYS AND USED
FOR PRODUCTS WHERE YOU HAVE
HEAVY TRAFFIC.
>> Tati: YOU KNOW I HAVE TO
ASK HOW DO THESE REALLY
STAND UP TO WINTERS?
>> THEY'RE GREAT.
IF IT'S INSTALLED PROPERLY
REMEMBER THAT'S THE THEME OF
EVERYTHING WHEN YOU HAVE A
PRODUCT IF IT'S INSTALLED
PROPERLY YOU WILL HAVE NO
PROBLEMS.
CHUCK WAS JUST SAYING
THEY'RE NOT GOING DOWN TO
THAT LEVEL YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT DIGGING DOWN MAKING
SURE THE BASE IS THERE.
>> FOR JUST A WALKWAY YOU
NEED EIGHT INCHES BELOW THE
BRICK PAVER BASE SAND THEN
THE BRICK.
SO IF IT'S NOT DONE THAT WAY
PLANTS, MOVEMENT EVERYTHING
WILL COME THROUGH.
>> Chuck: ANOTHER THING I'VE
SEEN THAT'S REALLY COOL
SOMEBODY MAY HAVE AO OR
DRIVEWAY BUT THEY CAN
ENHANCE IT OR ADD TO IT AND
IT DOESN'T LOOK BAD.
IT ALWAYS LOOKS LIKE IT'S
JUST AN EXTENSION.
>> VERY POPULAR IF YOU HAVE
CONCRETE OR ASPHALT TWO FEET
ON EACH SIDE.
VERY POPULAR.
>> Tati: CLASS IT UP A
LITTLE BIT.
>> Chuck: HOW DOES THIS
COMPARE OF OTHER WAYS TO YOU
PUTTING IN PAVING SIDEWALK
OR DRIVEWAY OR SOMETHING?
>> THE AVERAGE COST THAT'S
WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW
$12 TO $15 A SQUARE FOOT.
THE OTHER THING REALLY QUICK
IF YOU HAVE BRICK PAVERS
THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND THEY
LAST FOREVER.
MANY WANTS TO TAKE THEM OUT
CLEAN THEM UP AND HAVE A
PROFESSIONAL COMPANY REDO
THE BASE THEN REUSE THEM.
THERE'S A MINIMAL SAVINGS,
HOWEVER, IT'S REUSED AND
RECYCLING.
>> Chuck: ALL RIGHT, GOOD
STUFF.
>> Tati: INSTALLING BRICK
PAVERS IS A REALLY GOOD JOB.
YOU WILL WANTS TO CONSIDER A
PRO.
HIRE IT DLUN HELP YOU FIND
THE RIGHT CONTRACTOR AND THE
SERVICE IS FREE TO USE.
>> Chuck: REALLY IT'S TRUE
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