How To Build a Patio In Less Than a Day

By: Jessica P

You can build a patio for your home without even learning how to build a patio. When you go into any home improvement or garden store you will usually see that they carry something called 'walkway' stones.

Most of the time they come in a large variety of shapes, colors and sizes. You can actually build a patio with these without pouring any cement what so ever. You will just figure how big you want your patio to be.

For example, if you want a 100 square foot patio, you would want to pick up a hundred of these 'walkway' squares. That is because the usual size is about one square foot each. This is the easiest way to learn how to build a patio. Then you would dig your ground up and level it.

You can use a rake and a shovel for this. Use the rake to make the dirt nice and even and then set your stepping stones on the ground and line them up next to each other.

Of course, to make one that is perfectly square, you would place ten rows of ten. Make sure to leave as little space as possible between the stones. Then stomp them down a bit into the dirt that you have raked up.

Ensure that all of your stepping stones are even. Put any extra dirt that you raked away on top of the squares. It doesn't matter if there's only a little left.

Spread it out evenly over the squares and sweep it off. This helps fill up any small cracks or spaces in the patio squares. Voila! This is probably the fastest way to learn how to build a patio you will ever come across.

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