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Tables of Contents for Walls, Walks & Patios
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
6
1
PLANNING AND DESIGN
7
26
Principles of Site Designing and Planning
8
14
What Do You Want Your Site to Offer?
8
5
A Quick Course in Site Design
13
9
Working with the Land
22
11
Soils
22
1
Drainage
23
3
A Comfortable Climate for Your Patio
26
1
Walks
27
2
Trees and Plants
29
1
Designing Your Site
29
1
Making a Site Plan
30
2
Construction
32
1
WALLS
33
64
Dry Stone Walls
36
5
Types of Stones
37
1
Selecting Stones
37
1
Dry-Laying a Stone Wall
38
1
Constructing the Wall
38
3
Wall Footings
41
11
General Requirements
41
2
Buying Concrete
43
1
Mixing Concrete
43
3
Locating the Footing
46
1
Excavation and Formwork
47
3
Pouring Concrete
50
2
Mortared Stone Walls
52
5
General Requirements
52
1
Consructing the Wall
53
4
Concrete-Block Walls
57
14
Types of Blocks
57
2
Basic Requirements
59
4
Building a Block Wall
63
5
Finishes and Surface Treatments
68
3
Brick Walls
71
15
Types of Bricks
71
1
Types of Walls
72
2
Basic Requirements
74
2
Building a Single-Wythe Wall
76
6
Building a Double-Wythe Wall
82
4
Retaining Walls
86
11
Basic Requirements
86
2
Landscape-Tie Retaining Walls
88
6
Interlockinig Concrete-Block Walls
94
2
Mortared Retaining Walls
96
1
WALKS
97
66
Walk Basics
101
6
Hard Walks
102
1
Soft Walks
102
1
Edging
103
2
Grading and Drainage
105
2
Soft Walks
107
8
Stone
109
1
Wood
109
1
Installing a Loose-Aggregate Walk
109
3
Lumber Walks
112
1
Building a Boardwalk
113
2
Dry-Laid Hard Walks
115
15
Tools for Dry-Laid Walks
115
2
Paving Units for Dry-Laid Walks
117
4
Setting Stone Directly on the Ground
121
2
Walks on a Gravel-and-Sand Subbase
123
2
Laying Paving Units in Sand
125
5
Hard Mortar-Bed Walks
130
18
Construction Materials
130
3
Preparing a New Concrete Bed
133
7
Setting a Mortar-Bed Walk
140
5
Ceramic and Stone Tile
145
3
Building Steps
148
15
Wood Steps
150
6
Concrete Steps
156
4
Brick Steps
160
3
PATIOS
163
26
Soft-Set Patios
169
6
Concrete Patios
175
7
Flagstone, Brick, and Tile Patios
182
7
Glossary
189
1
Index
190