Flagstones with his own hands: step by step instructions with photos

To create a comfort to local area use different finishing materials. Quite popular paving slabs. His hands can produce high-quality products with an attractive appearance. We offer to meet with manufacturing technology and characteristics of the raw materials used.

What tile quality - homemade or commercial

According to most users, it is preferred material produced in industrial conditions. Featuring a high cost, it has a better performance and a longer lifespan. This is facilitated by the high density of concrete with a minimum amount of pores. Manufactured in compliance with the technical requirements products practically do not absorb water and do not crumble, they are highly resistant to abrasion.

Those who want to buy paving slabs certain colors and shapes, may face difficulties due to the limited choice. With self-manufacturing can be molded articles of any shape and size. Introduction to specific dye solution will allow to achieve the desired color.

sidewalk tile production methods

Paving slabs can be made by vibro and vibrocasting. Offer to meet with the characteristics of each method.

vibro

Forming paving slabs is carried on a vibrating media. A solution containing a small amount of water, placed in a mold. Under the action of vibration and pressure begins to thicken the composition. The formed billet is sent to the drying chamber. Being exposed to a high temperature, the product acquires a strength sufficient for use of this material when performing finishing work in areas with heavy.

Vibrolito

In the manufacture of the material according to the method for sealing the working mixture is used vibration. It promotes even distribution of the solution in the form of simultaneous sealing. The filled mold is sent to the rackWhere the preform is dried for two days.

Attention! If you plan to make paving stones with their hands, with vibration casting technology should become better acquainted. This method can be implemented at home with minimal financial investment.

Advantages and disadvantages and vibropresovannoy vibrocasting tiles

For paving tiles obtained vibratory casting method has the following advantages:

The disadvantage is:

The advantages vibropressed tiles, manufactured by many companies, should include:

Among the shortcomings can be identified:

Basic geometric shapes paving and paving tiles

Material presented in a large range, enabling to form a suitable surface appearance and optimum characteristics. Most often, preference is given to:

1. cobbles, which does not create difficulties during installation. It simulates the masonry. Practical material can form various patterns, including multi-color.
2. Gzhelka. Paving tile edge processing with a characteristic resembling flower petals. The coating is formed by the use of elements of two sizes.
3. Clover. Products with the characteristic rounded "petals" on the edges.
4. brick, having a rectangular shape. Tile View, widely used in the regeneration of the sidewalk.
5. coil, received the name because of the resemblance to the spool of thread, converging to the center.
6. Turtle. Square elements with a characteristic pattern.
7. Well, creates imitation masonry. Small parts diverge radially.
8. Florida. On the surface of articles formed square pattern with rounded smooth and embossed lines. When installing four products can form a perfect circle.
9. California. Rectangular product with a centrally located square that is framed by four rectangles.
10. Checkers. Square products with a distinctive relief.
11. Four. The generated pattern arbitrarily divides the product into four parts.
12. Eight. Pattern simulates eight rectangular blocks.
13. Square. Square tile having a smooth surface.

Manufacture of paving tiles with their hands at home: step by step guide

It can be difficult to decide on the production of paving tiles with their hands at home. Step by step instructions with detailed description of each stage allows to understand the intricacies of the work. We offer to get acquainted with the nuances and subtleties of the process.

Equipment and tools for the production of sidewalk tile

The choice of equipment depends on the scale of production. It should be kept in stock:

1. Mixer. Ensure uniformity by manually stirring the solution almost impossible. In the manufacture of a small party, you can use a drill with an attachment.
2. Vibration table. For a new device factory production will have to pay about $ 500. Reduce the cost of manufacture can be by self-vibrating surface.
3. Form. You can buy ready-made for the production of paving blocks or make them yourself. Preference is to give silicone products, if you want to form a complex structural surface and plastic - with low requirements to that formed by the ornament. Plastic products have high strength and durability. Polyurethane form occupy an intermediate option between the plastic and silicone.
4. rack and shed, under which it will be formed by the dry tile.

Attention! Shelves should have a level surface to prevent the change of paving slab geometry in the drying process.

It should also prepare a bucket, shovel, Building level and rubber gloves. It is possible to start the work, if the air temperature exceeds + 10 ° C.

forms of production for the paving tiles with their hands

Configuration parameters and paving tiles are dependent on the geometrical parameters of the mold used. If you buy a form for paving slabs that meets certain requirements, it is impossible, it can be made using the materials at hand. Most often, preference is given to wood or metal. Such forms typically do not have a bottom. A metal mold for paving slabs with their hands, you can do this as follows:

Photo	Description of work
	Create a blueprint for future forms. Cut off all the elements in size.
	Form the contours of the future, to provide the high geometric accuracy of the product.

For plastic mold must first make a wooden frame, the inner dimensions of which match the dimensions of paving tiles. Prepared the space is filled with molten plastic. After solidification of the plastic form of a solution were recovered and treated with sandpaper.

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The composition of the solution for paving slabs - components and instructions for production

Characteristics of solution used had a significant effect on the properties of the resulting tiles. Prepare a composition with his own hands can be as follows:

Photo	Description of work
	Prepare a sufficient amount of Portland cement. The material should have good durability.
	Prepare a plasticizer, which allows to reduce the percentage of water content. You can take C-3, which is dissolved in hot water. Color tiles need pigments. It should be dissolved in water in advance.
	Prepare the sand. You can use the river or sea. Sand before preparation of the solution should be sifted.
	Prepare fraction 5-20 mm crushed stone.
	Knead the mixture in a concrete mixer, adding to 12 kg cement 10 kg of sand, 20 kg of gravel and 70 kg of a plasticizer, a coloring pigment, 250-350 g, 3-4 liters of water. The prepared mixture should not be spread.

Tinting homemade paving products

Color of finished paving tile depends on the characteristics of the pigment dye. For saturated hue of the solution should introduce a minimum of 2% caramel. With a smaller amount of the product will pale.

Tip! Reduce the amount of the pigment colorant may be by pouring a mixture of two layers: with or without tinting.

If in the process of production of the mixture, for whatever reasons, it has not entered a coloring pigment, possibly staining of the finished product. Enough time-consuming process. Improve performance, you can by using the gun. However, in this case rarely succeeds to form a uniform coating.

Rules drying paving slabs and pavers

Preparing the mixture, start manufacturing of ceramic tiles with their hands:

Photo	Description of work
	The solution was applied to the prepared shape and mounted on the vibrating table.
	To seal the solution and to reduce the amount of oxygen include vibrating table.
	As shrinkage mixture into each report to form concrete.
	The molded product is covered with foil and sent for drying.

When drying should adhere to the following rules:

• is to provide a special room or shed;
• air temperature should be 18 +... + 20 ° C;
• drying at + 10 ° C in a solution involves adding special frost-resistant components.

Features stripping finished articles

A week later, paving tiles can be removed from the mold. To do this on a flat surface is necessary to lay a cloth. Stacked tile upside down gently obstukivaem form mallet. The dried product is easily separated from the mold.

Tip! Vacant shape better to dry in the sun.

After removing the paving tile from the mold must be dried, each element within two weeks. This is the time required for the concrete curing.

How to check the quality of the finished tiles

There are several signs by which one can determine the quality of paving slabs:

• distinctive ringing to be emitted when the impact of two elements;
• rather dull color than bright. Excessive brightness material indicating a large percentage of the coloring pigment, reducing the strength elements;
• uniform color made the party;
• absence of surface defects characteristic: indentations, cracks, bubbles.

Making vibration table for paving slabs with their hands - drawings

Given the high cost of the finished equipment can produce a vibration table for paving slabs by hand. Drawings future designs are developed taking into account geometrical parameters of the tile that will be compacted in particular using the vibrating table. From this size countertops depends directly. The manufacturing process comprises the following steps:

Photo	Description of work
	Of rolled metal made frame and base tabletops vibrating table.
	In the corners of the base are welded bolts.
	On top put on bolts and spring washers.
	For fixing spring at the corners are welded below countertop cups made from scraps tubes.
	Vibrating table is going to verify provide the desired spatial position of the table top relative to the base.
	To the bottom of the table top is welded engine, by which the vibration is created. Can be used motor from the old washing machine.
	To the engine shaft eccentric welds of thick sheet metal. The frame and base tabletops should be painted to prevent corrosion.
	Provides for protective cover.
	Set the start button in the terminal boxes.
	Making coating for countertops. It is possible to use PCB 5 mm thick.
	Fasten the table top to the frame. We perform testing of the table.

How much is paving slabs, produced by industrial methods

If the option is not considered independent production, it is necessary to purchase a ready-made. The price of paving slabs are presented in the table below:

Picture	Model characteristics	The average price, rub. / M²
	Sett - 200 × 100 × 40 mm.	490
	Reel - 200 × 165 × 80 mm.	580
	Wave - 225 × 112 × 60 mm.	470
	Rhombus - 200 × 200 × 60 mm.	470
	Sett - 200 × 100 × 100 mm.	730
	Clover Krakow.	440
	Clover smooth.	440

The price of paving slabs 400 × 400 × 40 mm in an average of 440 rubles.

As should be laid paving slabs with their hands

To form a coating has served long enough, it must be respected stacking technology paving slabs by hand. To start circuit is defined with laying, on which depends the amount of material required. Having bought everything you need, you can begin to work.

Laying of paving slabs with their own hands - a brief step by step guide

To make it easier to understand, we present a step by step paving laying their hands:

Photo	Description of work
	Cooking tools needed for the job.
	Remove from the base of all the fertile soil to a depth of a shovel. Counting is performed, according to which will be made laying elements.
	And poured carefully compacted gravel layer.
	And poured carefully compacted layer of sand.
	Performed laying paving slabs on the sand.
	Track sprinkled with sand, and then sweeping. As a result, it manages to increase the strength of the formed coating.

Attention! Installation of curbs should be done at the initial stage.

If you have questions, videos, laying paving slabs will help to better understand the intricacies of the process.

Knowing how to make a tile pavement with their hands, you can safely get to work. Share in the comments, what form do you prefer, and whether it was difficult to realize the above-described technology.