Ultimate Guide to Walks, Patios & Walls, Updated 2nd Edition: Plan, Design, Build (Creative Homeowner) Step-by-Step DIY Instructions with 500 Photos - Brick, Mortar, Concrete, Flagstone, and Tile by Editors of Creative Homeowner

Get all the ideas and how-to information you need to integrate hardscape designs into your home landscape! Dozens of design ideas you can use to enhance your backyard and outdoor spaces with walkways, garden walls, and patios Over 500 photographs and how-to illustrations to help you visualize your improved landscape Easy-to-follow, step-by-step sequences on the most popular landscape projects with a complete list of tools and materials for each project, plus detailed how-to illustrations Projects include hard and soft walks, ceramic and stone tile walks, how to build steps with brick, wood, or concrete, building a wall with a stucco finish, mortar-bed patios, and more Updated edition includes new information on the most current home hardscaping interests and needs, new design content, tips on how to combat climate change through your landscape choices, and more Designing the outside of the home adds to curb-side appeal, creates ambiance, and increases the value of your home. This complete DIY guide for homeowners provides all the information you need to integrate popular hardscape designs into your overall home landscape! Read more

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From the Publisher Upgrade Your Outdoor Space Get all the knowledge and design inspiration you need to help you create the hardscapes of your dreams! Inside this DIY project book, you'll learn how to build patios, paths, and garden walls with clear instructions, photos, and illustrations to guide you through each construction process. Enhance your landscape and outdoor living areas with beautiful additions that will stand the test of time! Dozens of design ideas to integrate hardscape designs into your landscape Over 500 photographs and illustrations to help you visualize your plans Step-by-step instructions for the techniques you need to know to build like a pro Easy-to-follow sequences to guide you through creating stone tile walks, brick steps, stucco walls, and more Expert advice from industry professionals and complete lists of tools and materials for each project Your Guide to Outdoor DIY Design Basics Start by learning the basic principles of design and how to identify unique elements of your existing landscape and use them to your advantage. You'll learn how to work with positive and negative spaces as well as how to focus on harmony, unity, variety, geometric shapes (pictured), rhythm, and more. Planning Your Site Learn how to check your soil’s fertility and drainage, how to determine your existing grades, how sunlight plays into design, the proper use of trees and plants in your landscape, how to create a rough sketch of your site and transform it into a final layout (pictured), and how to find zoning ordinances and legal restrictions. Walks Get expert advice about considering how your walk will be used and by whom, which materials for edging you want, stone choices, plotting curves, and examining drainage. You’ll find all the guidance you need to decide on a type of walk, from lumber walks to dry-laid (pictured) and mortared walks. Create Stunning Hardscapes Stairways Learn how to determine where steps are needed based on changes to ground level, how to measure tread depth and determine riser sizes, how to build brick stairs on concrete (pictured), and how to decide between wooden, concrete, and brick, ensure slip-resistant steps, and build stairways on a grade. Patios Get helpful guidance to determine which patio project suits your needs, how to be sure it can drain, and how to correctly slope it from your house. You'll explore how to install patio pavers and both dry-laid and mortared patios (pictured), as well as how to build patios with patterned concrete, base slabs, or tile. Walls Learn the craft of stonework to build elegant, functional walls! Explore stone choices, see how to create dry-laid walls using different sizes and shapes of stone (pictured), and how to place them. Learn how to build wall foundations, mortared stone walls, concrete block walls finished with stucco, and more!