NEXT COURSE DATE TBA START/FINISH TIME 8:00am - 3:30pm DURATION 7.5 hours HELD AT
Home Base Expo
Practical Room
Entry off Roydhouse St
Subiaco, WA
DIY Brick Paving
Conducted by an expert brick paver, this course is designed with the handyman in mind, and will provide you with the brick paving skills to enable you to complete projects around the home with complete confidence.
The course combines both theory and practical activities to provide participants with a wide range of knowledge and experience. You are required to bring one of each of the following tools: safety glasses, rubber mallet and disposable ear plugs.
Course overview:
Topics
Introduction to Brick Paving
Tools & equipment
Setting out
Design and estimation using 4 projects to practice your skills
Basket weave
45 & 90 degree herringbone
Curved paving
Course Content
Tool box Identification
- Types of tools
- Tool terminology
- Care of tools
Setting out your work area
- Establish datum point
- Clean area from vegetation/rubble
- Add road base/crushed limestone
- Add brickies sand
Project 1 Overview
- Basket weave design
- Use screed rails
- Use straight edge
- Use spirit level
- Use string lines to set out
- Use the 3:4:5 method (Pythagoras)
Project 2 Overview
- Measure and mark pavers
- Cut pavers with diamond brick saw
- Use safety equipment
Estimations
- Calculate amount of pavers required for the job
- Calculate amount of boarder pavers required for the job - Calculate cost of pavers
- Calculate amount of road base, crushed limestone or brickies sand required
- Types of tools
- Tool terminology
- Care of tools
- Establish datum point
- Clean area from vegetation/rubble
- Add road base/crushed limestone
- Add brickies sand
- Basket weave design
- Use screed rails
- Use straight edge
- Use spirit level
- Use string lines to set out
- Use the 3:4:5 method (Pythagoras)
- Measure and mark pavers
- Cut pavers with diamond brick saw
- Use safety equipment
- Calculate amount of pavers required for the job
- Calculate amount of boarder pavers required for the job - Calculate cost of pavers
- Calculate amount of road base, crushed limestone or brickies sand required
