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Description: A comprehensive and practical guide for the residential contractor and do-it-yourselfer. Photos, illustrations, and step-by-step instructions explain the most common household jobs: sidewalks, steps, walls, driveways, and patios. Special section has detailed plans for garden benches, barbecues, retaining walls, and more. A maintenance chapter covers patching and repair, tuckpointing, painting, cleaning, and removing stains. Published by Rodale Press, authored by PCA.
Practical guide for residential contractors and homeowners explains the steps needed for most common concrete and masonry jobs: sidewalks, steps, walls, driveways, and patios. Topics on concrete include fundamentals of concrete, site preparation and formwork, working with concrete, decorative finishes, concrete defects, and maintenance and repair of concrete surfaces. Masonry topics include mortars for masonry walls, masonry unit construction, masonry construction methods, and finishes for concrete masonry. Instructions are given for concrete and masonry projects that include benches, flower boxes, barbeques, and retaining walls.
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