Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Tips For Keeping Your Patio Looking Good

By William Jackson

With summer just about here you may have been planning to build a new patio. You might need a permit to build your new patio, depending on where you live and what your plans are. You should find out a few weeks ahead of time if a building permit is needed, if so apply for it two to three week beforehand.

Think about what shape the patio is going to be. Patios can be built in many shapes like square, oval, rectangle, or a couple of these shapes together. Also you should consider what size you would like to have you patio. When deciding the size think about what you are going to use your patio for and what would look the best with your house.

Start by putting everything on paper. Graph paper is the best to use for this task. When you have this done you should make the outline of your patio on your lawn this way it will give you an idea of how everything will look.

Now you need to decide what your new patio is going to be made of. You can talk this over with the people at the hardware store, they will know what ages best with what needs to be done for maintenance.

Many people decide to have a patio cover this shades them while they are on their patio and helps keep the rain off. This can be done over half of the patio or over the whole thing. Each way has pros and cons but it is a good idea to have your patio covered.

When all of your decisions have been made you now need to hire a contractor. You need to be very picky when you choose your contractor and keep in mind that you get what you pay for.

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