Synopses & Reviews
WALKS, PATIOS & WALLS provides the design and technical information you need to enhance your landscape and outdoor living areas with walkways, patios, and garden walls.
- Dozens of design ideas you can use in your yard
- More than 500 photographs and illustrations to help you improve your landscape
- Easy-to-follow, step-by-step sequences on the most popular landscape projects
- Complete list of tools and materials for each project
- Detailed How-to Illustrations
- Learn how to set pavers in a sand-and-gravel base.
- Create a new patio with tile or stone atop a mortar base.
- Build a wall that will stand the test of time.
Synopsis
Designing the outside of the home adds to curb-side appeal, creates ambiance, and increases the value of the home.
Ultimate Guide: Walks, Patios & Walls provides the homeowner with all the information needed to integrate popular hardscape designs into the overall home landscape. Included are ideas for brick, mortar, and concrete walks and patios; flagstone and tile patios; and brick and mortared stone walls. Lavish color photographs provide design inspiration, while the extensive how-to section provides easy-to-follow information.
Synopsis
Includes all the ideas and how-to information needed to integrate popular hardscape designs into a home landscape. 500 photos and illustrations.
Table of Contents
Ultimate Guide: Walks, Patios & WallsTable of Contents
Introduction
WALKSDesigning Your SiteMaking a Site Plan
Walk DesignsHard WalksSoft Walks Wood Walks
Edging Edging Materials
Grading and Drainage Drainage Changes in Walk Level
Soft WalksLayout and PreparationStone Types of Stone Aggregate
WoodLoose AggregateLumber Walks Treated Lumber Untreated Lumber
Boardwalks Building a Boardwalk Dry-Laid WalksTools You Will NeedMaterial Selections Brick Brick Patterns Adobe Blocks Stone Installation Tips Interlocking Pavers Concrete Patio Blocks
Setting Stone Directly on the Ground Possible Materials Laying Stone in the Ground
Walks on a Gravel-and-Sand Base Plotting and Excavating the Subbase
Laying Paving Units in Sand Spread Sand Set Pavers Fill the Joints Filling Wide Joints
Hard Mortar- Bed WalksAnatomy of a Mortar Walk Site Conditions Mortar MixesTools for Working with Mortar
Preparing Paving Materials
Preparing for the Concrete Base Install the Forms
Pouring the Concrete Bed Pouring the Concrete Begin the Pour Screed the Surface
Finishing the Concrete Surface Rough-Float the Surface Curing Concrete
Setting the Walk Set Forms The Mortar Bed Setting the Walk Fill the Joints
Ceramic and Stone Tile Suitable Types of Tile
Setting Tiles in Mortar Prepare the Surface Lay the Tiles
BUILDINGStepsStep Design Finding the Run and Rise
Wood Steps Steps on Grade Building the Steps
Landscape Steps
Concrete Steps Determine Run and Rise Excavate the Site
BRICK STEPS Building Brick Steps
PATIOSCreating a Comfortable Climate for Your Patio Making a Site Cooler or Warmer Soft-Set PatiosTypes of PatiosInstalling Patio PaversMortar-Bed PatiosConcrete Patios. Making a Concrete Patio
Patios on Concrete Slabs Flagstone and Brick Patios Tiling a Patio WALLSDry-Laid Stone WallsToolsTypes of Stone Selecting Stones Estimating Amounts
Wall Building Basics Building Requirements
Constructing the Wall The First Course The Second Course Cap the Wall
Footings for WallsGeneral Requirements Footing Size and Depth Footing Forms
Buying Concrete Dry Mixes Wet Mixes Estimating Amounts
Mixing Concrete Mixing by Hand Using a Power Mixer
Building Footings Building Forms
Pouring ConcreteMortared Stone WallsGeneral Requirements for Stone WallsConstructing the WallConcrete Block WallsTypes of Block Shapes and Sizes Estimating Amounts
Basic RequirementsBuilding a Block Wall Set the First Block
Stucco Finishes Applying Stucco
Brick WallsTypes of Bricks Brick Sizes
Types of Walls Anatomy of a Brick Wall Estimating Amounts
Basic Requirements Footings Reinforcement Mortar
Building a Single-Wythe Wall Wall Layout
Building a Double-Wythe Wall Wall Layout
Retaining WallsBasic Requirements Excavation Drainage Footings and Reinforcement
Landscape-Tie Retaining Walls Building a Landscape-Tie Wall
Interlocking Concrete-Block WallsDry-Laid Stone Retaining Walls Building a Dry-Laid Retaining Wall
Appendix IPLANNING AND DESIGNBasic Landscape DesignWhat do You Expect From Your Yard? Working with Your Surroundings Formal Versus Informal Basic Site Design Design Techniques Dividing Your Design Into Specific Parts Organizing Your Site Design
Appendix IIPLANNING YOUR SITETypes of SoilDealing with Drainage Drainage Systems Grading Your Site Resource GuideGlossaryIndex