METHODS OF INSTALLATION:
IMPORTANT: For a professional and chip free cut, Mirage® Porcelain Pavers should only be cut with a tile saw equipped with a wet cut porcelain blade.
CAUTION: Never compact Mirage® Porcelain Pavers with a plate compactor.
Never install Mirage® Porcelain Pavers without the required 4 mm (3/16") spacers between all units.
1. Sand Set over Compacted Road Base Installation
(Pedestrian Foot Traffic)
INSTALLATION NOTES:
- Follow the detail drawing below.
- Base material is to be over based 6 to 8 inches beyond the edge of the pavement.
- The required edge restraint system is a low profile edge restraint with a vertical height of 4 cm (1½") as shown in the drawing.
- Insure that pavement is constructed with a 1½ to 2 degree slope that it is pitched away from any building.
- Insure the plastic 4mm (3/16") spacers are installed at all corners of the installed pavers.
1. Mirage® Porcelain 20 mm (¾" nominal) pavers.
2. Minimum 4 mm (3/16") spacing between pavers.
3. Sand bedding course (2.5 cm - 1" Pre-compacted thickness)
NOTE: Pre-compact the sand bedding course and screed to a 2.5 cm (1") thickness with smooth surface.
4. Compacted road base
2 cm (¾") minus road base material. Base thickness is determined by soil and climatic conditions.
5. Subgrade
6. Soil
7. Peripheral Restraint System Spiked into 15 to 20 cm (6" to 8") over base area.
20 mm (¾") Mirage® Porcelain Paver
2.5 cm (1") Pre-compacted torpedo sand
4 cm (1½") tall peripheral restraint system spiked into 15 to 20 cm (6" to 8") over base area
2. Sand Set over Concrete Overlay Installation
(Pedestrian Foot Traffic)
INSTALLATION NOTES:
- Follow the detail drawing below.
- The required edge restraint system is a low profile edge restraint with a vertical height of 4 cm (1½") as shown in the drawing.
- Mechanically anchor edge restraint into the concrete base.
- Insure geotextile is installed directly on top of the concrete to contain the bedding sand.
- Insure that pavement is constructed with a 1½ to 2 degree slope and that it is pitched away from any building.
- Insure the plastic 4 mm (3/16") spacers are installed at all corners of the installed pavers.
1. Mirage® Porcelain 20 mm (¾" nominal) pavers.
2. Minimum 4 mm (3/16") spacing between pavers.
3. Sand bedding course (2.5 cm - 1" Pre-compacted thickness)
NOTE: Pre-compact the sand bedding course and screed to a 2.5 cm (1") thickness with smooth surface.
4. Geotextile fabric
Installed on top of concrete and folden up the front of the Edging. This is required to prevent the unwanted migration of the sand bedding course material.
5. 12.5 mm (½") drainage holes drilled 60 cm (24") on center.
6. Concrete base
NOTE: A concrete base with a sound surface and small cracks can be utilized as a base for paving slab construction, but a concrete base with differential settlement or movement is not acceptable.
7. Subgrade
8. Soil
9. Peripheral Restraint System Mechanical fastened into concrete base.
20 mm (¾") Mirage® Porcelain Paver
2.5 cm (1") Pre-compacted torpedo sand
4 cm (1½") tall peripheral restraint system spiked into 15 to 20 cm (6" to 8") over base area
3. Cementitious Adhesive Overlay, Concrete Base Installation
(Light Vehicle Traffic)
INSTALLATION NOTES:
- Follow the detail drawing below.
- Insure that pavement is constructed with a 2 degree pitch and that it is pitched away from any building.
- Use an approved Cementitious Adhesive.
- Use an approved joint grout product.
For Cementitious adhesive and grout installation, refer to the manufacturer’s technical instructions and specifically as they relate to outdoor installations.
- For concrete foundation slabs that are not large enough to require contraction / control joints, a minimum 4mm (1/8" to
3/16") grout joint is acceptable, but for larger concrete foundation slabs that do require contraction / control joints, the
joint width should be a 3/8". It is absolutely imperative that all contraction / control joints be located in the joint line of
installed porcelain pavers and not beneath a paver.
CAUTION: If a Porcelain Paver is installed over a control joint, the paver will reflectively crack along the contraction / control joint beneath it. - The following contractor installation video shows a cementitious adhesive installation of porcelain pavers. Click here...
1. Mirage® Porcelain 20 mm (¾" nominal) pavers.
2. Minimum 4 mm (3/16") spacing between pavers.
3. Sand bedding course (2.5 cm - 1" Pre-compacted thickness)
NOTE: Pre-compact the sand bedding course and screed to a 2.5 cm (1") thickness with smooth surface.
4. Geotextile fabric
Installed on top of concrete and folden up the front of the Edging. This is required to prevent the unwanted migration of the sand bedding course material.
5. 12.5 mm (½") drainage holes drilled 60 cm (24") on center.
6. Concrete base
NOTE: A concrete base with a sound surface and small cracks can be utilized as a base for paving slab construction, but a concrete base with differential settlement or movement is not acceptable.
7. Subgrade
8. Soil
9. Peripheral Restraint System Mechanical fastened into concrete base.
20 mm (¾") Mirage® Porcelain Paver
2.5 cm (1") Pre-compacted torpedo sand
4 cm (1½") tall peripheral restraint system anchored into concrete base.
4. Permeable Over Open Graded Aggregate Installation
(Pedestrian Foot Traffic)
INSTALLATION NOTES:
- Follow the detail drawing below.
- The required edge restraint system for this installation has a vertical height of 2½ inches as shown in the drawing. Follow the edge restraint manufacturer’s recommendations for the use of their product in permeable applications regarding geogrid usage and placement to maintain the performance of there edging.
- Insure that pavement is constructed with a 2 degree pitch and that it is pitched away from any building.
- Insure the 4 mm (3/16") spacers are installed between all pavers.
1. Mirage® Porcelain 20 mm (¾" nominal) pavers.
2. Minimum 4 mm (3/16") spacing between pavers.
3. 5 cm (2") bedding course of 1 cm (3/8") open graded aggregate.
NOTE: Pre-compact the sand bedding course and screed to a 2.5 cm
(1") thickness with smooth surface.
4. Compacted base course of 20 mm (¾") open graded aggregate.
Final Base Course thickness and exfiltration design is determined by soil, climatic and hydraulic considerations.
5. Geotextile
6. Subgrade
7. Soil
8. Peripheral Restraint System Spiked into 15 to 20 cm (6" to 8") over base area.
20 mm (¾") Mirage® Porcelain Paver
5 cm (2") Pre-compacted 1 cm (3/8") open graded aggregate
Geogrid to stabilize the restraint system
6 cm (2½") tall peripheral restraint system spiked into 15 to 20 cm (6" to 8") over base area.
5. Stepping Stone Sand Set on Compacted Road Base Installation
(Pedestrian Foot Traffic)
1. Mirage® Porcelain 20 mm (¾" nominal) pavers.
2. Grass cutout areas provide peripheral paver containment.
3. Sand Bedding Course (2.5 cm - 1" Pre-compacted thickness).
NOTE: Pre-compact the sand bedding course and screed to a 2.5 cm
(1") thickness with smooth surface.
4. Compacted road base.
Compacted Road Base, 2 cm (¾") minus road base material. Base thickness is determied by soil and climatic conditions.
5. Subgrade
6. Soil
6. ¾" Fixed Pedestal Installation on Concrete Floor Installation
(Pedestrian Foot Traffic)
INSTALLATION NOTES:
- Follow the detail drawing below.
- Insure that concrete slab is smooth, even across the surface and is constructed with a 2 degree pitch and that it is pitched away from any building.
- Insure the plastic 20 mm (¾") pedestal support are installed at all corners of the installed pavers.
1. Mirage® Porcelain 20 mm (¾" nominal) pavers.
2. 20 mm (¾") Pedestal for raised installation (sectionable). Pedestal must have a rubber coverage on top, in order to prevent any breakage slab.
3. Sectioned pedestal anchored or adhesively bonded to concrete base.
4. Concrete base
Thickness and reinforcement requirements are based on traffic loading and are to be designed and constructed according to the proper local standards.
5. Subgrade
6. Soil