Irrespective of where paths and with what covering they will be equipped will lie, it is necessary for them to equip timbering. It is better to refuse natural footpaths as thawing of snow and rainy seasons will promote their spread and formation of dirt. It will be possible to lay tile, tree, artificial or natural stone on the concrete which is filled in in timbering.
Before equipping timbering for path, it is necessary to make the topographical plan of the site, using scaled paper on which it is necessary to represent contours of footpaths. With use of the plan it is necessary to mark the territory.
Recommendations about arrangement of timbering
To provide reliable fastening of timbering, it is necessary to use stakes which length has to be equal to 50 cm, will be necessary at construction and plastic strips which will allow to create expansion seams. The timbering has to be strong, its elements will undergo concrete pressure therefore restrictive boards should not be made of thin plastic. Boards for this purpose will act as the best option.
Wood for timbering has to be soft, and its width cannot exceed 25 mm, it will allow to create smooth bends, and here firm boards will break. To bend a little thick board, on ½ its thickness it will be necessary to make cross scores in several places, the step between scores has to be equal to 12-15 cm. The fixing stakes should be beaten to wood form that will allow to exclude its shift. The boards are thinner, the bigger quantity of stakes will be necessary for their strengthening in situation "on edge". It is possible to prefer also other types of timbering among which there is, for example, national team. Its metal elements gather as the designer, strips can be rigid or flexible, the last option will allow to create zigzag paths. At arrangement of footpaths it is possible to use also ready forms as timbering.
Technology of arrangement of timbering
The marking should be made by method of tension of 2 cords, at right angle to each other with one outgoing point as which the hammered peg will act. From it it is possible to count intervals on cords, following the plan, for marking of contours of path it is necessary to use stakes. Then it is possible to get rid of plant layer on the strip limited to stakes. It is necessary to lay geotextiles on bottom of the formed trench, having covered it with sand up to ½ depths. The sandy pillow has to be moistened and stamped by the vibrating plate or hand roller. The following layer will become melkofraktsionny crushed stone on which it is necessary to lay sand level with the earth, the surface should be stamped again, moistening with water. Further it is possible to pass to mounting of timbering, applying marking stakes to fixing of its elements and adding new if it is necessary. Later it is possible to start underpouring. In order that in concrete cracks were not formed, with step to 1.5 m it is necessary to create movement joints as which dividers from thin plastic will act. They should be mounted aflush with timbering, after hardening of plasticity it is possible not to remove.