Your Dayton, Ohio home inspection company, Accutech Home Inspections, is pleased to share with you how to personalize your backyard with a beautiful concrete path.
Paths provide the practical purpose of connecting two or more locations but a well-made walkway that will stand up for years can enrich the natural landscape of a backyard and complement the exterior look of a home.
While traditionally popular materials for creating paths, like brick and stone, are attractive and durable, they can be expensive and challenging to install. An easy and affordable alternative is to build a path yourself using a plastic form and pre-mixed packaged concrete. Taking this approach not only minimizes cost, time and headache, the preference and personal taste of each individual homeowner dictates the color, style and movement in the finished concrete path.
It starts with selecting the style of path, which can range from a natural looking country stone pattern to a more standard running bond brick pattern. The QUIKRETE Walkmaker forms are 2 foot by 2 foot and conveniently hold one 80-pound bag of concrete, so homeowners can work on the path at their own pace by following these simple directions.
Remember when working with cementitious products, always wear eye protection and gloves.
Steps for laying a path
- Remove the sod and soil to the desired width, shape and length of path, be sure to keep it as flat and level as possible.
- Slowly mix the concrete and water in a wheelbarrow with a garden hoe, shovel or in a concrete mixer according to the directions on the bag.
- Lay the form at the beginning of the path and fill with concrete mix, being sure to smooth the surface with a trowel.
- Promptly remove the form and smooth the edges of the path with a trowel before the concrete mix hardens. For a nonslip finish, brush the surface with a stiff broom.
- Continue by placing the form against the completed section of the path. Then fill with the concrete mix, remove the form and smooth the surface. Repeat the process until the path is complete.
- To create a curved walkway, after removing the form from the freshly poured section of path, reposition the form in the direction of the curve and press down to slice off the corner. Use a trowel to consolidate and smooth cut off edges.
The path can be further customized by incorporating liquid colors, stains, and/or embedding gravel or other small aggregates into the concrete.
For more tips, direction and information on laying a concrete path using forms and pre-mixed packaged concrete, visit www.quikrete.com or look for QUIKRETE on Facebook.
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