If you have old, cracked, uneven, or non-level concrete slabs on your patio, you may be thinking about removing the concrete ...

This central Wisconsin backyard patio incorporates several decorative concrete applications, from textured and stamped slabs to vertical carved pillars to a precast fire table top.

(The current patio is 20 feet by 36 feet, and it has just one of these joints.) He also said he would compact the base, add gravel and wait until spring to compact again, then pour the concrete.

Q: My shady back yard could not support a ground cover, so I installed a concrete patio, poured in four sections, about 15 years ago. It is in great shape and appears to be stable, without any ...

Your patio reminds me of two failed experiments I tried back when I was in my mid-20s. I thought I knew how to build a simple brick patio, but Mother Nature decided she’d teach me a tough lesson.