PAVE THE WAY TO YOUR NEW BRICK PATIO

Need a new project? Get outside and habit a new patio or sidewalk, consistent if you already have one.

Many patios and sidewalks are made of poured concrete. If you'd somewhat have something that doesn't look surfeited besides smear-further doesn't need to be power washed each spring-consider laying new brick pavers directly over the old surface.

"There are a number of advantages to training it this way," says Laura Schwind, a pedigreed landscape architect for Pine Hall Brick, the largest supplier of clay pavers clout the United States. "The biggest is that its base is already there, and we instantly improve the advent of your property without having to dig up your old concrete besides haul it away."

With concrete that's smooth again even, start by choosing the frame of clay paver and a pattern. keep in mind that proficient are "thinner" pavers (1 3/8-inch) for these applications, and that some patterns, like herringbone, will require fresh cuts than others.

Next, lay a "soldier course," which means laying the line of bricks perpendicular to the edge of the concrete to form its outside frame of your project. The secret is to use four dots of masonry adhesive upon each brick, each about the size of a penny, that allows rainwater to pass underneath.

On the inside of the soldier course, blemish pieces of roofing felt to put a single layer inside the frame covering the concrete, and don't overlap its felt edges. then lay a second layer of felt perpendicular over the rise of the first layer.

Starting at one corner, begin laying the brick in place, leaving a 1/8-inch gap between the pavers for sand. Finish by blanket concrete sand between the joints until they are full.

"It's time and effort," says Schwind. "But it's asset it. When you're done, you'll have the beginnings of a new outdoor room where you'll want to spend some time relaxing."Click here for more Informations HOME DESIGN