Laying Brick Paths

[Bleed Green]

I have been looking at this forum for a few months now and you guys seem to be very knowledgeable so I thought I would sign up on the forum here and ask my questions.

I am about to lay a brick path in my backyard and I am wondering how much gravel you guys think I should put under it as a base. I was thinking 4 inches of gravel and 2 inches of sand on top of the gravel just to level the bricks. Does this sound about right?

The last time I laid it I did not put any gravel under it and it is starting to sink in spots so i am going to try to fix it and shore it up with the gravel.

Thanks for your help

[qps]

You should post this in the hardscape forum....

[AWJ Services]

Post in the Hardscape section.
You will probally need fabric under the base as well.

[RockSet N' Grade]

BleedGreen.....hardscape forum should give you some interesting feedback. We do it all the time here with brick or rock for patios. Alot of your base is geographically specific.......call a local supply yard and they will give you some good info. For my region, we dig down....compact the natural, add a landscape barrier and then 4-6" of road base compacted with 2" of sand on top. I do this for stairs, walkways, patios.....any hardscaping. Compaction is a key......rent or borrow a heavier machine than you think you will need or just an ordinary plate compactor will work - but, if you use a plate compactor put your material down in 3 lifts of 2" a piece, and compact each lift. Have fun......

[AWJ Services]

Here in Georgia the ground is so hard we usually need only 4 inches for a walking path and cloth is very rarely used.

As RSG said very geographical.