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How To Build a Patio with Stepping Squares

By: Jessica P

You can build a patio for your home without even learning how to build a patio. At any garden or home improvement store, you will find those 'walkway' stones.

They usually come in many different shapes, sizes and colors. 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.

If you want your patio to be 100 square feet, you would purchase one hundred of the 'walkway' squares. They usually come in one foot squares. This is one of the quickest ways to learn how to build a patio. Once you know what you want and you have your materials, you will want to dig up and level your ground.

No need for fancy equipment, a shovel and a rake are sufficient to get the job done. Rake the dirt out evenly and place your stepping stones down one beside the other.

Of course, to make one that is perfectly square, you would place ten rows of ten. You want to fit them as closely together as you can. Then stomp them down a bit into the dirt that you have raked up.

Make sure your stepping stones are nice and even. Then you will shovel your extra dirt on top of the squares. It doesn't matter if there's only a little left.

After you have spread the dirt over all of it as evenly as possible, go ahead and sweep it off the stones. 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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