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Think about how many things in the built environment are made from concrete. Even just in your home, you may have a concrete foundation or concrete basement walls. Maybe you have a concrete pad or patio out back, and you probably have a concrete sidewalk leading to and past your home. Then, there's your greater community. There are likely concrete barriers to restrict where people park. Large, concrete buildings serve as schools, court buildings, and other community structures. The list goes on, but the point is, concrete contractors create all sorts of different structures. We're excited to write articles about them here.

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Great Advice When Setting Up Saw-Cut Asphalt Slabs Around Residential Property

If you're planning to create a driveway in the front or pathways in the back, you might consider using saw-cut asphalt slabs. These slabs can be cut in any way you want depending on what size and style of slab you're looking for. Just make sure you set them up using these protocols. 

See if Ground Preparation Is Needed

Before you start putting down saw-cut asphalt slabs around your property, it's a good idea to examine the target setup location and see if you need to make any adjustments to the ground. For instance, if there were uneven sections because of holes or slopes, you would need to work out these surface deviations.

You want to have a flat and smooth surface because this will make it easier to get optimal installation results with saw-cut asphalt slabs. Every section should be even because that's going to enhance this material's stability. 

Map Out an Ideal Placement Digitally

It's a good idea to have a placement plan for saw-cut asphalt slabs so you can get this installation finished a lot quicker and save yourself a lot of stress. You'll have an easier time figuring out this placement plan if you use some sort of digital software.

You can use virtual representations of different saw-cut asphalt slabs and then play around with their layout. Doing this is a lot more forgiving than trying to adjust asphalt slabs in real-time, especially if they're large and pretty heavy. Once you have the perfect layout digitally, you can use this guide when placing actual saw-cut asphalt slabs around your property. 

Conjoin Slabs Using Mortar

Once you have saw-cut asphalt slabs in the right position around your property, it's a good idea to conjoin them together. Then they won't be able to shift at all, even if you move over them with a large vehicle or machine.

You can use mortar to fill around the sides of each asphalt slab and subsequently combine slabs together. You just need to use a mortar that's easy to work with and ideally weatherproof so that this substance holds up.

If you're looking to put some saw-cut asphalt slabs around your property to form a custom driveway or pathways leading to different areas, make sure you carefully approach their installation. Planning out placement and using the right resources can set this project up for success before you even place the first slab.