Cover your patio with a tarp attached to 4 poles if it is located away from your home.
How to cover a patio floor.
From here on out this is mostly a standard paver job.
Apply mortar to the exposed cement around the perimeter of the patio and set pavers directly on top.
Gaps can be filled with sand gravel or ground cover plants.
This is a great tutorial to learn how to stain concrete.
Set each piece of flagstone into place like puzzle pieces leaving roughly the same amount of space between stones.
And not only do patio covers create shade.
Use only 2 poles and a tarp attached to the wall of your home with hooks or loops set in the wall.
Then tamp the field with a plate compactor and sweep sand over the pavers to fill in the gaps.
How to build a patio cover part 1.
On the other hand the pea gravels are added in between the squares adding additional color and texture to the patio.
Here s an awesome twist on what you could see in a traditional patio floor.
The pavers are installed in the repeating pattern.
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Use a sturdy cord to tie everything together.
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Dig out the patio area about 6 inches deep fill it with gravel then top it with a thin layer of coarse sand.
Spread polymeric sand over the pavers and spray water over the sand to set it.
Lot s of pics and good instruction that can be adapted for several different looks including the more modern outdoor patio flooring idea above.
The floor in this patio has a gravel base which isn t very good looking or easy to walk on so it was covered with hollowed out mid century style concrete blocks which add an elegant touch and make a better walking surface while still letting the original floor shine through.
Set the pavers on top of the paver base.
To make it conducive for relaxing and conversation the designer placed large outdoor floor cushions next to the swing for additional seating.
Otherwise hiring a pro is the way to go.
Scrape away the excess sand and cut off the excess landscape fabric with a utility knife.
Patio flooring ideas diy paver patio flooring ideas young house love has a full tutorial on how to build a paver patio for you.
Spread a coat of paver base on the patio leaving about 8 inches of the perimeter of the patio free of the paver base.
Lay the field pavers over concrete as you would on any paver patio.
Get a tarp or canvas that already has grommets in the corners to easily tie it to the poles.