How to Build an Outdoor Patio Walkway

How To Build An Outdoor Patio Walkway

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  Plan your walkway before beginning construction. Choose the materials, location, width, curvature, and starting and stopping points for the path. Use a garden hose or spray marking paint to outline the path in your yard.

• 2

  Using a shovel, excavate your walkway to a depth of 8 inches. Lay a 6-inch base of gravel and even it out with a rake. Top it with 2 inches of sand.

• 3

  If your path will be made of gravel, cover the sand with heavy-duty landscape fabric to keep weeds from sprouting. Use landscape spikes to hold the fabric in place.

• 4

  Arrange the stepping stones in a pleasing pattern, making sure they are level.

  If gravel will be used instead of stepping stones, spread a 2-inch layer of 1/4- to 3/4-inch gravel on top of the landscape fabric.

• 5

  Spread gravel, sand or mulch in the spaces around the stepping stones. Alternately, add a layer of soil and creeping plants, hardy herbs or perennials to fill in between the stones.