To independently lay out paths in the courtyard or to decorate the site with tiles, a special form for paving slabs is required . It’s quite possible to make it with your own hands, it would be desire and patience. There are many variants of such forms.
Metal form for paving slabs
With your own hands you can make a coating of paths or sites without resorting to a separate casting of each tile. You can simply weld the frame from metal plates without a bottom, presumably rectangular or square. Inside the main frame are partitions. They can divide the area not into geometric shapes, but be curved. This style of work cancels many stages of paving slabs. It is only necessary to clear and level the place, lay the frame and pour the solution into the voids. After the concrete has hardened, the frame is removed and shifted side by side, close to the already completed area, if there is only one form for paving slabs. With your own hands, lay the coating in this way for a rather long time, so it is recommended to make several such shapes. The technique of "traces" is very popular with this method. To do this, you need a trace carved from wood, polystyrene or fashioned from something: human, tiger, fantasy. At the moment the solution has just started to set, it is necessary to put a trace on the surface and hold for a while - so that it prints well. After complete hardening, such a drawing looks unusual and creative, especially if the trace was left as if by a snowman or a huge fairy-tale beast.
Figured forms for production of paving slabs
Usually people use purchased molds for casting tiles. But a method of making such forms at home is also quite suitable. To do this, make a sample of the desired shape, grease it with liquid paraffin and lower it into a container with silicone sealant. After the sample is removed from the sealant, the master will have a silicone mold for paving slabs. With your own hands, making a sample is also easy. You can use the purchased tiles, which attracted attention. And you can make a sample using a wooden or foam template as the starting material. It should first be applied to your favorite drawing, made by ordinary sculptural plasticine, which is used by children. The resulting forms will practically not differ from those that the market offers the consumer.
Making molds for tiles under natural stone
Paving slabs made under natural stone look great . With your own hands, forms for it can be made from wooden planks, having put together a box with a bottom from them. Inside the box, wooden partitions are made in such a way that the dimensions of each compartment correspond to the future size of a single tile. At the bottom of each compartment, you can put stones or earth, giving the filler the necessary shape - this will be the top of the finished tile. The filler is covered with a plastic film. Then the solution is poured into each compartment. After the tile has set, it is carefully removed and left until completely hardened. At this point, it is recommended to repeat the fill. For beauty, you can add paint, expanded clay, crushed stone to the solutions for casting tiles.