среда, 14 марта 2012 г.

Sand gives patio a firm foundation

Q. We want to put in a brick patio this summer and we want to doit ourselves. I have heard this can be done without mortar. Couldyou give us a little help getting started?

A. There are several steps involved but it's fairly simple tomake a great patio or walk. Choose the site and mark it off withstakes. Figure out at what level you want the finished patio to beand mark the stakes closest to the house with this mark. Make surethe finished patio slopes away from your foundation.

Excavate the area to the depth of your bricks plus about twoextra inches for a layer of well-tamped sand. Before installing thebricks, you might want to add a border of wood or bricks …

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