How to Lay a Brick Walkway

In this video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook explains how to lay a brick walkway.

Steps:

1. Layout the outline of the walkway onto the grass.
2. Dig out 8 inches of topsoil from within the walkway area.
3. Use a garden rake to spread out 3 inches of processed stone.
4. Tamp processed stone using a plate compactor; damp stone with garden hose during compacting.
5. Set wooden stakes and nylon strings to represent finished height of brick pavers.
6. Fill walkway area with sand; tamp sand with plate compactor.
7. Set into the sand two parallel steel pipes flush with the surface.
8. Pull 2x4 screed along buried pipes to level out sand.
9. Set brick pavers onto the sand in a running bond pattern.
10. At curves, trim bricks with circular saw fitted with masonry blade.
11. Continue setting brick pavers along the walkway.
12. At outer edge, install plastic edging; secure edging with metal spikes.
13. Spread ½ inch of sand across top of brick pavers.
14. Use plate compactor to tamp sand into the pavers.