Ablatio - Suppliers of Quality Sandstone

Laying pavers is easy. Start by marking your footprints on the goat track and that is where you centre your pavers.
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Tumbled pebbles and rock are by-products of the extraction process. Blocks or boulders that are too small for profile or other use are either broken by a hammer to a certain size, usually 300mm x 300mm and random length or crushed in a crusher to four different pebble sizes.
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pebbles

Our split block/garden edging range includes blocks with four sides cut by a diamond, smooth finish, with the two ends split on a block splitter which gives a rustic look. The size of these blocks will vary and can be used for a low wall, i.e. two blocks high with mortar in between, or for garden edging.
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DIY Tips

Water Saving Ideas

Photo of sandstone pebbles With the drought situation in South East Queensland, it could be wise to review some of your gardens and lawns and consider replacing them with sandstone paving and sandstone tumbled pebbles.

Their use, as an alternative to grass paths, is an effective way to ease overall water consumption. An added bonus for using tumbled sandstone pebbles around plants and pots in the garden is that they help retain moisture, as sandstone absorbs and holds water well.

Colours in the stone add a decorative effect, pebbles never need to be renewed and do not attract white ants.

How to Lay Pavers

Photo of sandstone pavers Laying pavers is easy:

Start by marking your footprints on the goat track and that is where you centre your pavers.
Dig out the grass or dirt approximately 100mm larger than a 400mm x 400mm paver
Tip in some road base and stamp down with your feet.
Tip in some sand mixed with cement (4:1 sand to cement).
Place in the paver to sit flush with the surrounding surface.
Tamp down with a rubber mallet.
Fill in around the edges with the grass you dug out or use decorative pebble.

Sit back and admire your handy work!