{"id":28071,"date":"2018-05-07T12:07:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T12:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lion-test-sites.co.za\/mica-new\/?p=28071"},"modified":"2020-02-10T16:53:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T14:53:34","slug":"paving-a-step-in-the-right-direction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lion-test-sites.co.za\/mica-new\/paving-a-step-in-the-right-direction\/","title":{"rendered":"Paving – A step in the right direction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Laying a paved path is not difficult and can enhance your garden and prevent tracks of downtrodden lawn becoming an eyesore<\/p>\n

Paving slabs are available in a range of shapes, sizes and designs. In this case we used 440x440x40*mm slabs in a sand colour and spaced 50mm apart.<\/p>\n

(*Bear in mind that the thickness of the slab is nominal\u2026 they can be as much as 40mm or so, and down to 35mm, and sometimes might even vary between the one and the other in a single slab.)<\/p>\n

Laying a straight path using slabs is relatively easy all you do is measure the total length to be covered (and total width if you are going to lay a single row or double up), add the spacing between each slab, and calculate the number of slabs you will need.<\/p>\n

If, however, you wish to build a curve into the path then it becomes a little more complicated but not overly so.<\/p>\n

This is how you calculate the number of slabs requires, let\u2019s say, for a 90\u00b0 curve.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s say each slab is 440mm along each edge and you wish to have their inner corners touching.<\/p>\n

You want a reasonably wide curve with a radius of, say 3m.<\/p>\n

The circumference of a circle is 2\u03c0r (or \u03c0d) where \u03c0 is pi 3.142, \u2018r\u2019 is the radius. You can also calculate the circumference by multiplying the diameter by pi hence \u03c0d, where \u2018d\u2019 is the diameter they both amount to exactly the same.<\/p>\n

So, the circumference of a circle with a radius of 3m is 2x3x3.142 = 18.852m. Round that off to 18.85m, and then divide by 4 because you want only \u00bc of the circle. That comes to 4.713m, or 4713mm. divide that by 440 = 10.7 slabs.<\/p>\n

What you want then, is to use 10 slabs, for a total length of the \u00bc circle being 4400mm, or 4.4m.<\/p>\n

Now work it backwards\u2026 4.4×4=17.6m.<\/p>\n

17.6\u00f72\u00f73.142=2.8 hence your required radius must now be 2.8m.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s all it is simple substitution.<\/p>\n

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