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Installation Guide for Silca Grate™: Materials, Tools, and Steps for Success

Learn how to successfully install Silca Grate™ using this comprehensive guide. Gather essential tools like a sod ripper, tamper, rake, and more. Begin by preparing the ground, marking your layout, and removing sod. Next, lay down #8 limestone as a leveling medium and secure a geotextile blanket over it. Install Silca Grates™ with T-locks and adhesive, and if desired, add another geotextile blanket for polymeric sand. Finally, fill all joints with polymeric sand, ensuring proper curing for a durable finish. Share your results with us!

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Installation Guide for Silca Grate™: Materials, Tools, and Steps for Success

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  1. Ground Application • Using Silca GrateTM.

  2. Planning Materials:Tools: • Sod ripper (shovel) • Tamper (hand or power) • Level • Wheel barrel • Rake • Broom • Garden hose • Leaf blower or wet and dryvacuum (blower) forpolymeric sand application • Hammer (dead blow) • Circular saw or hand saw • Silca GratesTM • T-locks • Limestone #8 • Geotextile blanket • Paver Edging  (if desired) • Glue • Natural stone, slate, brick, pavers • Polymeric sand (if desired)

  3. Preparation • Paint lines or use a garden hose to mark layout on ground.

  4. Construction • Cut sod along perimeter of painted lines or garden hose.

  5. Construction • Remove sod and all top soil.

  6. Construction • Add a minimum of 1” of #8 limestone as a leveling medium. • Tamp limestone to compact.

  7. Construction • Install Geotextile blanket over limestone bed.

  8. Construction • Install SilcaGratesTMon top of the Geotextile blanket.

  9. Construction • Secure Silca GratesTMtogether using T-locks using multi-purpose plumbers glue, ABS glue, or premium construction adhesive.

  10. Construction • If you are going to use polymeric sand around your bricks, pavers, or stones install another Geotextile blanket on top of the installed Silca GratesTM.

  11. Construction • Install bricks, pavers, and/or stone to your desired layout.

  12. Fill All Joints of Decking Material with Polymeric Sand* *See next page for polymeric sand application tips.

  13. Construction – Polymeric Sand Application Tips • Check weather forecast to allow for 12 hours of curing time without precipitation. • Pour Polymeric sand into all joints from bag. • Use broom to ensure all joints are filled with sand. • Excess sand on the surface of the decking materialcan be removed using a wet/dry vacuum or leaf blowerLIGHTLY. Be sure all joints remain filled with sand. • Lightly mist polymeric sand and entire deck materialsurface using a garden hose or mister. Be sure all joints are saturated. • Repeat misting 3 times.

  14. Let Us Know… We enjoy receiving pictures and descriptions of your Silca GrateTM installations and your finished decks. We can also always use your feedback and ideas from your installation experience. You can contact us at: sales@SilcaSystem.com

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