Building a patio in your yard, garden or attached to your home does not have to rob your bank account. In fact, doing the work yourself helps cut down the cost and is a simple project for any homeowner. Your children can even help with this do-it-yourself project. Patio pavers do not...
Footings are the ultimate link between your covered patio structure and the earth; they support the patio's frame and transfer structural loads to the ground. Conventional patio covers use one of the most basic types of footings, called a spot footing. Spot footings are solid blocks or cylinder...
Want to make a concrete patio yourself, on an affordable budget? Here’s our step by step tutorial on how we made aQuikrete WalkMaker Patio! Y’all, we laid a gorgeous patio a few weeks ago and we are loving how it has turned out. If you’re looking for how to make a QUIKRETE W...
Stepping stones, commonly used to create a path through your garden, can also be used to make a patio. This project requires two main decisions -- size and shape of the patio, and the type of stones. In addition, you also need to decide on the material to use to fill in the gaps ...
And that’s my DIY patio coffee table with a cheap paver top. We love it! In fact, I loved it so much I used the rest of my 2×2 tobuild a matching concrete paver side table. You can see it in the pics below. Want to see more outdoor projects? Check outmy DIY AC unit scre...
How to Make a Cheap Paver Patio Step 4 Figure the width of cardboard. To determine the width of cardboard required, add the box width to the box height. (For a box that is 5-1/2 inches high and 8-1/2 inches wide, you would need a total width of 14 inches. Note the width of...
There was also an arbor; a paver patio with seating, a fire pit, lighting and a shade sail; a handcrafted wood shed adjacent to hydro-stacker hydroponic planters; a hand painted rain barrel and a few decorative pieces donated from local artists. Here are a few images of what took place...
2. Pour the mixture into your receptacle and place one end of the reeds or skewers into the solution, allowing it to saturate the reeds. Then take them out, and place the opposite ends into the bottle. Rotate which ends are in the scent solution about once a week. ...
Use pavers for your patio, walkway, pool decking, or outdoor living room. Paver installation is great fordrivewaysand other vehicular applications, too. In some markets -- Texas, for example – paver driveways have almost become the norm. ...
Modern Patio Makeover Before Laura Hull A poorly built addition on the back of this house required the homeowner to tear it off and start over,prompting a transformationthat extended into the backyard. Patchy grass and mismatched fencing also had to go, but the owner wanted to preserve the ya...