Description
Book SynopsisBLACK+DECKER™ The Book of Home How-To Complete Photo Guide to Outdoor Buildingis jam-packed with popular projects for better backyard living. From building an attached wood deck or a patio to designing and creating a shed or pergola, you’ll see exactly how to get the job done in this illustrated guidebook.
Complete plans, including technical illustrations and even cutting and shopping lists, will lead you through the building process, punctuated by clear step-by-step photographs and how-to descriptions.
If you value entertaining, recreating, or growing vegetables and flowers in your own yard, you will find everything you need to create the structures and hardscaping that support your interests. The projects are all selected based on more than 30 years of publishing BLACK+DECKER™ books for the home DIYer. The most requested and most frequently chosen backyard projects are all includ
Table of Contents
Walkways, Patios & Decks
Loose-Rock Landscape Path
Stepping Stone Landscape Path
Sand-set Paver Patio
Permeable Subbase
Spaced Masonry Pavers
Composite Permeable Pavers
Boardwalk Deck on a Slab
Floating Deck
Walls & Fences
Wood-Panel Fence
Vinyl-Panel Fence
Picket Fence
Stone Retaining Wall
Freestanding Landscape Block Wall 68
Play & Entertainment Projects
Backyard Fire Pit and Rotisserie
Pizza Oven
Playground Kit
Swingset
Sheds & Structures
Garbage and Recycling Shed
Callbox Shed
Four-Post Patio Pergola
Freestanding Arbor
Firewood Shelter
METRIC CONVERSIONS
RESOURCES
INDEX
