A brick patio can be laid over an existing concrete slab or in a sand bed. On concrete, bricks are set in ½ inch of wet mortar with ⅜- to ½-inch-wide mortar joints. You can create attractive, unique ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wood bench and a tree in a concrete pot sit on a plain concrete patio. - tete_escape ...

Q: My wife is begging me to install a brick patio that looks like it's been down for 50 or more years. How can I do that? What's the magic? I'm not very skilled and the method needs to be pretty ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aside from style alone, few people know how to choose between stone, brick, or concrete pavers for their patio. But making the ...

My wife is begging me to install a patio. She hates interlocking cast concrete brick; it seems to lose its luster and color in a few years. Plus, it looks too perfect, she says. She wants me to create ...

If you plan ahead, you can build a patio in a weekend. At least that's what some experts say, and why not? With the advent of interlocking concrete pavers and the continuing low cost of paving brick, ...

If you read my column on a regular basis, you may recall that about two months ago I touched on the perils of using paving brick made from concrete. These pavers fade in color over time as the thin ...

There’s something soothing about brick patios and sidewalks, which is something I learned while installing a patio for my dear, departed mother-in-law. It was 50 years ago, before I was married, when ...

Q: We bought a house that requires an immediate patio repair. The brick patio in the backyard is warped and looks like a wave ran under it. We want to replace it but don't want it to end up like this ...