The Complete guide to patios : a DIY guide to building patios, walkways & outdoor steps.

9781591865971
1591865972

Third edition

239 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

At head of title : Black & Decker

Includes index

Patio & walkway basics
Design themes for patios
Material selection
Practical considerations
Patio & walkway plans
Patio edging
Patio projects
Layout & surface preparation
Cobblestone paver patio
Circular paver patio
Mortared paver patio
Sandset flagstone patio
Mortared flagstone patio
Concrete slab patio
Acid-stained concrete patio
Seeded concrete & wood patio
Tiled concrete slab
Loose materials patio
Loose-fill patio with fire pit
Sandset brick patio
Special section: earth-friendly patios
Section intro: 125
Spacing conventional pavers 126
Composite permeable pavers 128
Rubber tile patio
Recycled loose rubber combined with stone
Recycled glass surfaces
Recycled plastic pavers
Subsurface grids
Shade sails
Walkways & steps
Designing & laying out walkways & steps
Sandset brick walkway
Poured concrete walkway
Decorative concrete path
Mortared brick over a concrete path
Flagstone walkway
Simple gravel path
Pebbled stepping stone path
Timber garden steps
Flagstone garden steps
Patio rooms & amenities
Under-deck patio
Patio enclosure
Screened patio room
Metric conversion charts

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Black & Decker Corporation (Towson, Md.)