Who would not want to have smooth and neat paths in their suburban area. Unfortunately, not everyone can afford to buy clinker brick or paving slabs. A great alternative to this is the shape for the
garden path. With your own hands, you can make absolutely any track: both straight and winding. Of course, the strength of this coating is lower, but today there are various additives for
cement mortar, which significantly increase its quality.
The form for a garden path is on sale in any hardware store. And due to the low cost and ease of operation, these forms are increasingly used by summer residents. Moreover, their new types are fundamentally different from the old ones, in which the poured tiles should have been at least a day and a half. Today you can cast it right on the spot and for smooth operation you will need only one mold for the garden path. With your own hands you will arrange the site in a matter of time and without much effort.
Before casting tiles, you need to prepare the base for the track, which can start from the entrance to the gate or into the house. And first you need to do the layout of the site. Following your pattern, you need to drive in pegs at a distance of two meters along the entire length of the proposed track.
And pull a thread or cord over them. At bends and bends, the pegs are driven in at a smaller distance from each other. If your track will be located in places with soft soil, you should make a preliminary excavation. Now pour a layer of sand about 10 cm, then the same layer of gravel and on top another layer of sand at 4 cm, with which everything is leveled. Each layer is slightly moistened and well tamped. Of course, you can not make such a "pillow", but then your path will serve much less, because it is very important for cement to have good drainage.
We mix sand with cement at the rate of 3 to 1, add water and almost get a solution that will fill the form for the garden path. With your own hands you will now knead it well.
The mass should be homogeneous, creamy, but at the same time freely fill the form. Be sure to add water-repellent additives and reinforcing fiber to the solution. The latter will give strength to the track, and additives will extend its service life. For dyeing, various dyes are used. By the way, it turns out original if you add decorative pebbles or even ordinary pebbles. Although when making a path in the country with your own hands (photo above), there are a lot of possibilities for imagination.
Now moisten the base and determine the place of start. There and the form for a garden path is laid. With your own hands, you fill it with the prepared solution, remove the excess from the top with a wide spatula. For this, you can use a wooden rail. Then let the solution set for 15 minutes. It's time to carefully remove the form, set it next to it and repeat the whole process. Of course, if you have more than one shape, then the track will be made much faster. By the way, in this way it is easy to make entire platforms. For example, next to a bench in the garden or in front of the gazebo. And even if over time the track loses its shape somewhere - it is very easy to fix it. You just need to remove the damaged block at this place, set the mold and fill it with a new solution. That's all! Your garden path will regain its original beautiful appearance.