This has the benefit of a higher view of the yard and a smoother flow into.
Steps down to concrete patio.
Mix the concrete and bring it to the site in wheelbarrow loads.
Shovel the concrete inside the forms starting with the bottom step and working up.
Concrete patios reign in palm springs especially when the sun sets behind the san jacinto peaks.
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In this case we are pouring a 4 x4 pad.
Raised patio or deck.
Tap the sides of the forms and risers with a hammer and jab a 2x4 up and down in the mix to drive air bubbles out.
Dig 4 inches about 10 cm deep for raised and 8 inches 20 3 cm deep for level.
One of the most common methods for curing concrete is to hose it down frequently with water five to 10 times per day or as often as you can for the first seven days.
To lay new concrete sweep and clean the old concrete and saturate the old concrete with water.
If your slab patio.
Make sure the braces are level and lay down a barrier of wire mesh over the existing concrete inside of the barrier.
If you re planning on having something extremely heavy such as a brick barbecue on your patio your first step will be to pour a concrete foundation for added.
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It s a desert community with little rainfall lots of sun and hot temperatures and yards with more hardscape than softscape the plants that do thrive in this climate include water wise succulents and cacti.
Glue the outermost row called a soldier course down to the concrete patio with quikrete s.
Large stoop with steps down to a ground level patio.
This can be nice to open the patio area up to the surrounding yard and have the space blend into the lawn area more fluidly and the only railing needed would be on the steps.
The minimum size for a stair landing is 36 x 36 in front of the stairs.
You will want to rest your stair stringer on 12 of the concrete landing.
Compact the earth if necessary.
Then build a perimeter or a wood brace that is the same height as you want the concrete to be.
Some deck builders install a concrete landing below deck stairs at grade.
There are two steps in making over an old patio with re cap.
Before pouring concrete steps coat the forms with a release agent.