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BRICK PAVING x PAVING (BRICK) xx BRICK xx DRIVEWAY xx SIDEWALK & PATH A description of how brick paths are built at Colonial Williamsburg with step-by-step photos of how you can build one at home. Long platform steps made of brick laid in sand beds provide stairsteps down a gentle slope. Relandscaping of a front yard. A description of the installation of brick and timber steps. Includes lists of trees, shrubs, flowers and ground covers that will stay compact and colorful. Front-yard facelift. Includes instructions for building a brick-on-aggregate path and a low limestone wall (edging a raised planting bed). The beaten path. The secret to a well-built brick or paver path is the time and effort needed to prepare a proper foundation (base). How to lay interlocking paving brick to recreate the effect of cobblestones. Build patios and walkways with clay bricks layed on a compacted bed of sand, without any morter between the joints. Construct exterior steps which combine a preserved wood frame with clay brick paving. How to lay a brick sidewalk. How to pave with bricks and sand. How to build a brick and sand patio. Discusses layout, excavation, edging, laying and locking the bricks, steps and walkways. Ideas for four low-maintenance yards. Includes wooden decks, brick paving, and wood walkways. Three ways to build a brick patio. Tip: How to install brick edging on a bed of sand in order to minimize the amount of heaving due to frost. Build a brick and timber patio in two weekends. How to make pullers for individual patio pavers or bricks. Add a decorative brick accent strip to both sides of a plain concrete sidewalk. Patio repairs. How to fix patios that are made of paver bricks or 8"x12" patio blocks. One repair involves removing rotted wood edging and replacing with preformed plastic edging. A second repair involves dips and heaves caused by tree roots or sand loss. Tip shows how to make a puller to remove individual bricks or pavers in a sand-based patio. How to cover concrete steps with a veneer of thin brick. Paths of brick. How to pave walkways without mortar or concrete. Tip on incorporating brick weeding paths into a wide border garden. Tip on using undiluted bleach to kill plant and moss growth on brick pathways and clean the bricks. Build a brick garden path on a gravel and sand base. Choosing pavers for the garden. Help in selecting the one that's right for you. Laying an interior brick floor with mortar. Tip: Make a wooden screed with a slight arch to contour the sandbed for brick walks. Tips on installing paving bricks and sealing the cracks with sand or mortar. Tips on installing dry (non-mortared) brick paving. Brick floors. How a New Mexico professional lays a brick floor without mortar or string lines. Includes tips on cutting bricks with a chisel. Brick-mosaic patios. Creating patterns and pictures with dry-laid brick and a diamond-bladed saw. Tip on using concrete parking-lot bumpers as footers around outdoor stone or brick paving. Recipe for aging garden pavers, bricks or stones with buttermilk and moss spores. On the right path. Planning a garden path, its purpose, materials and safety considerations. Includes instructions for preparing a base for brick-on-sand or stone-on-mortar paths. How to lay paving bricks in concrete. Brick-in-sand steps bordered with 6x6 pressure-treated wood ties. How to excavate sod and lay a brick-on-sand sidewalk. Path to glory. How to recreate a prize-winning brick walkway and concrete-paver driveway. Tips on laying a brick terrace in concrete. Tip: Cement pad for a garden shed is made by enclosing a brick floor within a cinder-block frame, sweeping dry concrete mix into all the cracks, and spraying with water from a hose. Beautiful in brick. Ideas for adding pattern, texture and color to your outdoor improvements (walkways, patios, planters, walls, etc). Includes instructions on laying a brick-on-sand patio. Quick brick retrofit. How to turn weedy garden walks into artful brick paths. How to lay a brick walkway. How to lay a brick patio on a bed of grout, setting them in a thin course of mortar and filling the cracks with dry mortar which is then wetted with a hose. Tip: How to finish interior brick floors to build up the patina. Brick walks. How to plan, prepare the site, set the border and lay the pavers. Recreating a brick walk with a herringbone pattern. Down the brick path. A look at colonial traditions and description of how to lay brick on a bed of sand. How to build brick or stone pathways. Tips on how to make a brick paved path around your garden. Brick walkway and outdoor stairs are edged with 6"x6" pressure-treated wood enclosing a base of gravel and landscape fabric. How to lay masonry floors (brick, slate, flagstone, marble, etc.). Repairing brick paving. How to build a brick-in-sand patio. Includes preparation of the site, borders and how to build a tamper. How to build brick and masonry steps. How to dress up your yard with brick. How to lay brick walks and patios in a bed of sand and how to lay up brick walls for planters, etc. How to install a brick-in-sand patio. Step-by-step guide to installing brick driveway pavers. How to lay a brick patio. Tips on installing 1/2"-thick brick floor tiles (pavers). Dry-laid paving. Some tips on laying brick and other pavers for use as walks, borders, etc. Versatile brick paving. Tips on installing brick paving. Graceful paving. Mortarless paver patios and walks are easy to design, build, and repair. How to lay bricks, concrete pavers, or cut-stone blocks on a prepared base of crushed rock and coarse sand. Homescaping with bricks. How to build brick walls and planters. How to lay patios, porches, steps and sidewalks of brick or concrete flagstone. "Homescaping" with bricks. How to build walls, barbecues, patios, planters, sidewalks, etc. from brick. How to use broken chunks of brick to lay sidewalks and garden walks. Pictures show how a backyard was transformed by the addition of two decks, a brick walkway and a greenhouse. Est. cost: $1800 Bricks as garden paving. An overview of brick choices and design ideas. How to save a slowly sinking brick patio. Tip on how to install 1/2" thick floor brick over an existing floor. Laying a brick walk. Laying sidewalks and patios of brick without mortar. How to build exterior concrete steps with a brick overlay. A grand entrance. Enhance a poured concrete porch or patio by applying split brick pavers to the top and edges using thin-set mortar. Laying a serpentine walkway of brick. | |||||||||
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