Questions tagged [patio]
For questions generally relating to outdoor ground-level flooring areas such as patios.
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Updating the side yard with pavers and planers. Looking for feedback/input on foundation
I’m wanting to fix up my side yard that leads to our patio. The general idea is to use the existing concrete foundation as my base and add sand, pavers, poly, etc (Following a recommended YouTube) to ...
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Grading between house and patio
Installing a 60’x20’ concrete patio that runs the length of my house and attached garage. My furnace inlet/out pipes are located on that side of the house, so I was thinking of starting the patio 3’ ...
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How can I mitigate water on a patio installed higher than pier and beam footing?
(Forgive all of ignorance and incorrect terminology, I have no idea what I am talking about.)
Pier and beam house, a concrete patio was installed directly abutting the back of the house by the ...
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How to repair patio with missing edge on an incline
I bought a house with a patio that is surrounded by a bed of stones which are held in by by a treated wood bar. On the other side of the wood is a 8 inch drop to a vegetable garden. There's a french ...
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How can I remove rust stains from outdoor vinyl flooring?
I have an outdoor patio on the second floor which receives runoff from the shingles. It has been stained horribly over the past 3 years with this rust colored buildup all over it.
I tried using a ...
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Paver patio below yard grade
I’m running into a challenge as I’m building my paver patio and hope I can find some guidance. My issue is that I’ve done the excavation and made sure to have a consistent slope of 1/8 inch every foot ...
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Looking for some advice for my future patio
I'm looking to build a patio in this area where there is currently crushed stone. These were already there when I purchased the house. My question is, can I just compact this and build a patio on top ...
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Paver patio slopes
I’m working on my paver patio and need some help on slope due to what I consider a weird situation. There was a concrete patio here before over a year ago that we had to get torn out due to insane ...
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help identifying composite decking brand
I'm repairing an existing composite deck. Most of the parts are composite sleeves over wood and the wood has basically all rotted away inside the sleeves. Some of the parts have cracked due to the ...
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How to prevent water from pooling at back door when it rains
I have an uncovered, concrete patio and front porch, and spent who knows how long researching and testing out different outdoor mats. I live in Va, so I get everything from blazing sun to downpours to ...
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Rotted Rim Joist/Sill Plate Behind Concrete Patio
hoping for some guidance on a rotted rim joist/sill plate found in the crawlspace. The rim joist in question runs along the front of the house and is parallel to the other joists. I believe the front ...
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Replacing a small rotted deck, question about framing/step
So the small deck (or patio? it barely feels worth calling a deck at this point) on the front door of my house was rotted and sagging, so I pulled it out. After going over the DCA6 guide, I realized ...
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Freestanding Patio Cover Beam Size
Trying to build something like this but with a 16ft span: https://www.backyarddiscovery.com/collections/slope-roof-gazebos/products/12-x-9-5-arcadia-gazebo
I'd like to build a slope roof patio cover ...
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What should go under my stone house foundation?
After diggers have cleared out the rock around my back wall, I can see that in some spots the foundation appears to have gaps underneath. I assume if I kept digging it would eventually hit rock again....
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How to restore my old pebble stone driveway?
My driveway and patio is all made of this pebble stone / pebblecrete / pebble dash / chattahoochee from the 70’s. It’s in pretty bad cosmetic shape. I don’t have it in my budget to rip it out and ...
