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.
Designing the outside of the home adds to curb-side appeal, creates ambience, 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.
Includes all the ideas and how-to information needed to integrate popular hardscape designs into a home landscape. 500 photos and illustrations.
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Winner of Benjamin Franklin Award (Crafts/Hobby/How-To) 2011.
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Chapter One Design Basics |
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Your Site, Your Lifestyle |
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Chapter Two Planning your Site |
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Chapter Three Walk Basics |
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Chapter Five Dry-Laid Walks |
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Setting Stone Directly on the Ground |
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Walks on a Gravel-and-Sand Base |
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Chapter Six Hard Mortar-Bed Walks |
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Tools for Working With Motrar |
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Preparing Paving Materials |
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Chapter Seven Building Stairways |
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Building a Wooden Stairway |
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Building a Landscape Stairway |
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Building a Concrete Stairway |
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Building a Brick Stairway on Concrete |
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Chapter Eight Soft-Set Patios |
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Chapter Nine Mortar-Bed Patios |
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Chapter Ten Dry-Laid Stone Walls |
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Chapter Eleven Wall Foundations |
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Chapter Twelve Mortared Stone Walls |
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Chapter Thirteen Concrete Block Walls |
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Chapter Fourteen Brick Walls |
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Building a Single-Wythe Wall |
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Building a Double-Wythe Wall |
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Chapter Fifteen Retaining Walls |
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Interlocking Concrete-Block Walls |
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| Resource Guide |
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| Glossary |
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