If you want to use pavers to build a patio, you'll probably hear the advice that laying pavers over dirt is a mistake. It's true — you should level the ground and add sand and gravel over the dirt ...

If you plan ahead, and, depending on the size, 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 ...

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...

Home-built patios can have a professional appearance and flair by using a well-tested system of building on a sand base and by using attractive paving products sold at many home centers and ...

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 ...

Q: I have a small cemented area (ten by eight feet) outside the sliding glass doors of the home. I would like to expand it to a total size of 14 by 16 feet with brick-like blocks (15 inches by 15 ...

LOCKDOWN has lured many Brits into their gardens in recent weeks, and many of us have been on a quest for home improvement. Here's a beginner's guide on how to lay a patio. Gardening has seen a ...

How much gravel (inches) should be laid as the base for a stone patio (presumably tamped down, covered by sand, tamped down, and then putting stone down)?

Dear Pat: I have a small concrete patio that I would like to enlarge. I have always liked the appearance of flagstone. Do I have to remove the concrete patio first to lay the flagstone? -- Amy F. Dear ...