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Book

Ultimate guide : walks, patios & walls

Call Number

  • 690.893 U473 (OSH)

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Edition

3rd ed.

Publication Information

Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Creative Homeowner, c2010.

Physical Description

239 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Summary

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.

Notes

At head of title: Creative Homeowner.

Revision of: Walks, walls & patios. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Creative Homeowner, c2004.

"Green edition"--Cover.

Contents

  • Design basics
  • Planning your site
  • Walk basics
  • Soft walks
  • Dry-laid walks
  • Hard mortar-bed walks
  • Building stairways
  • Soft-set patios
  • Mortar-bed patios
  • Dry-laid stone walls
  • Wall foundations
  • Mortared stone walls
  • Concrete block walls
  • Brick walls
  • Retaining walls.

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