The Granite State of New Hampshire is well named for it’s multitude of buried rock lurking just below the surface of the ground.
Boulders rising to the surface via freeze/thaw cycles or for whatever reasons can surely raise cain with a brick walkway thru a yard.
Thus a question regarding a solution to the bumpy, wavy, now uneven sand laid, old red brick walkway where the boulders have raised up from the ground far enough to move various bricks in the walk up higher than the rest.
Short of using a jackhammer and smoothing the large boulders enough to re-lay the brick flat and in all probability end up doing it again and again what other options might be considered in an attempt to minimize the wavy brick walk.
Thought of raising the surrounding brick to various levels to minimize the unevenness.
The question of is it possible to split the old brick in half to provide the thinner thickness needed to sand in and sit atop the boulders comes to mind and if so, how might this be done?
Is it possible to score the sides and then split it with a wide chisel?
Thanks
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sure it is...
where's yur wet saw....
how about brick runners up both sides the walk set to a workable plain / elevation...
fill with sand.. screed... tamp... lay the bricks for a new walk...
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just decide on a granite walkway.
keep watering ... it'll grow.
Jeff
Buck Construction
Artistry In Carpentry
Pittsburgh Pa
dig 'em out... pull out the offending boulders.. and relay the bricks
the split bricks will not last.. and it's too much work besides
a sand bed is just fine
we use an 8" compacted gravel bed and a 3" sand bed
Thanks. Ha, I'll relay the data but I quit trying to find the sides of the boulder when it got to the edge of the bricks and was still going.
be the sands of time