Before you break ground on your backyard brick patio, selecting the perfect location and materials is essential. While placing the patio right outside your back door seems like the logical choice, it ...

To upgrade a 7-foot by 7-foot concrete patio with a simple pattern, you'll need a little under 4 boxes of the TORURAL faux brick tiles, priced at $49.99 per box as of this writing.

A locust tree provides much-needed shade, but the roots are pushing up the bricks on the patio.

Spice up your patio or walkway this fall with Sun Bricks, the solar-powered ground lighting system that will guide people to your front door with their inviting glow. These flush-to-ground patio ...

A brick patio can be a gorgeous feature for your home, but maintaining it throughout harsh sun and snowy winters is important if you want to keep the patio looking great. Bricks are porous ...

I’ve decided it’s time for a patio in my rear yard. After visiting a local business that sells a vast variety of patio pavers, I’m ready to start. Do you think this is a real DIY job, or am ...

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Q: I have a brick wall around my patio and I’m noticing the bricks are starting to fall apart. At first there was a white powder on the face of the bricks and then the bricks started to flake ...

The brick they had bought was solid and had been used in some building. Fortunately, it was a harder brick, strong enough to be exposed to the cold, punishing weather of winter in Cincinnati.

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Q Here in the Pacific Northwest, one solution I have found effective in the removal of algae from our brick patio is to spray the surface with apple cider vinegar. I use a pump sprayer early in ...