Product Description
From a wonderful circular patio centered around a firepit, to a demonstration walkway that illustrates how to lay basketweave, running brick, and herringbone patterns, this book is the perfect resource for anyone who wants to undertake a great home improvement project. Learn how to lay the groundwork, study details for edging and popular paver designs, and finish up like a pro. A special chapter details the process of laying a permeable paving surface, an increasing… More >>
Pavers 101: Patios and Other Projects You Can Do
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#1 by Midwest Book Review on May 24, 2010 - 10:27 am
Home owners interested in constructing a patio will find PAVERS 101 key to understanding how to do it. It covers everything from choosing pavers to different patterns, laying payers, edging, and professional tips of laying a fine paving surface, including color photos to accent the step-by-step process. Any library strong in homeowner how-tos will relish this.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Luis D. Wasserman on May 24, 2010 - 11:51 am
I was very excited about learning how to install my own pavers (show my wife how we could save the contractors money!. So, a good challenge begins with an informed DIY. Yet this book proved very dissapointing. It is very helpful to determine the pattern for the pavers and get some good ideas of the basic work. Nevertheless, there are several websites that contain very similar information. This book will not provide you with techniques for cutting pavers (specially on round borders) or on how to do corners.
Stick with the internet, there are several places where you can find great information, tricks of the trade and several other nice ideas.
Rating: 2 / 5
#3 by George Winstead on May 24, 2010 - 11:52 am
Lots of good pictures, no meat. The author spends all of two pages going into the details of installation.
Rating: 2 / 5