Making your own paving stones out of repurposed and recycled material is a way to save money as well as a way to spare your local landfill from construction waste build up.
Making floor out of paving stones.
They are commonly used in outdoor spaces that require a solid surface.
Work as if you re starting at the tip of a triangle and working out.
For my shed i needed nearly 30 pavers of this size.
It ended up being 22 square and the concrete came up to 1 inch below the top of a 2x4.
When working with recycled materials such as used concrete it is necessary to think creatively.
Could not believe how easy it was to make a few paving stones.
Place the paver stones starting at a patio corner lay out the paver stones one by one.
Learn how pavers are made.
Making your own pavers can be fun and rewarding.
We always had mixed by hand before this.
The first step is to build the form for the pavers.
While professional pavers manufacturers make new and unique designs they don t give you the option customizing pavers by adding for example your favorite symbol or sea glass.
My design for this was based on the amount of concrete an 80 pound bag of premix would make.