Laying a beautiful brick patio with This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for How to Build a Brick Patio:
- Brick pavers [], used to create patio surface
- Graded base [], for forming sub-base for patio
- Sand [], is spread over sub-base and on top of patio
- Plastic edging [], used to create border around brick patio
Tools for How to Build a Brick Patio:
- Shovel [], used to excavate the site
- Nylon mason's line [] and stakes [], for stretching layout lines across patio
- Plate compactor [], used to tamp down soil, sub-base and brick pavers
- Garden rake [], for spreading sand
- Hammer [], used to tap in spikes that hold down the edging
- Masonry saw [], used to cut brick pavers
- -Screed and screed rails [], for establishing proper screed height of sand base
- Wheelbarrow [], used to transport material
- Push broom [], for sweeping excess sand from patio
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