My paver patio looked like a pizza crust after one winter

I skimped on the base layer and used only 2 inches of gravel instead of the recommended 4. By March in Ohio, three slabs had tilted and one cracked right down the middle. Anyone else learn the hard way that proper compaction matters more than looks?

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river3515h ago

Yeah the "pizza crust" thing hits. Read somewhere that Ohio freeze-thaw cycles are brutal on thin bases. Water gets under, freezes, lifts everything up. Two inches of gravel is basically nothing for drainage or support. That cracked slab probably had a soft spot underneath too.