How To Lay Brick Patio Easy

Brett Landscaping presents a basic DIY guide for laying garden paving to create a simple patio area.

How to lay brick patio easy. So make it clear - this is NOT an instruction how to lay brick patio and if you wanna do it for the first time only using this clip as your guide you must. Using one of our incredibly popular patio paving packs. Clean the old surface as much as possible then prepare a standard mortar mix and spread a 1-inch thick coat.

In this video This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows how to build a brick patio. How to Lay Bricks DIY for a Patio or WalkwayThe best concrete mix. We had multiple stacks of bricks hidden behind various shrubs at the end of the garden - and because not all the bricks were suitable some were too heavily coated in mortar on the tops or were chipped in odd places I had to take each stack apart to find the bricks I wanted stack them in a wheelbarrow wheel them over to the patio area and unload them.

To create the basket-weave pattern set the pavers in alternating right-angle pairs. Each year the company sponsors Paver Days with demonstrations hot do. Add sand underneath the stone as necessary to create a nearly level surface.

Httpsamznto2IL0hUfIf this helped you. See below for a shopping list tools and stepsSUBSCRIBE t. Lay the bricks for the patio onto the sand foundation placing them level on the sands surface and tapping them into place with a rubber mallet.

Large gaps between stones invite weed seeds to germinate and add to the uneven nature of the patio surface. The bricklaying for beginners episode today is Laying your first brick. Set two pavers parallel with the house followed by two pavers perpendicular to it.

In this video I explain and show you all what the very first steps are to becoming a. Place the stones as close together as possible. Beginning on one side of the patio lay the first flagstones or pavers.