Home Design
Many of the tools that you will need to install your own brick or paved footpath are familiar to any home upkeep project. If you have a yard, then you might already have a garden hose, rake, shovel, and trowel. It’s important for you to have protection goggles and durable gloves for this, and a broom, hammer or mallet, measuring tape, and scissors are also needed. You will need string and stakes, in addition to whatever you want to use for edging (brick, metal, wood, or plastic restraints), 2×4 or pipe segments to use for leveling the levels, and if using wood for edging, a drill and appropriate bit. A wheelbarrow may come in handy to move supplies to the chosen area. You may be able to rent a plate compacting machine and brick cutter from Home Depot or Lowe’s: bricks, gravel, and sand.
Be sure that you use materials specifically meant for sidewalk or patio use. Gravel or crushed stone mixes are an easier alternative to a concrete base layer. Do not use regular bricks, such as the sort found in fireplaces, for this; paving bricks do not have the holes found in regular bricks, and thus are more durable and safer to be used for ground implementation.
