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How to Repair a brick patio with This Old House

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Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to repair a brick patio.

Steps:

1 Use a flat bar to pry all the full-size bricks from the sunken area of the patio.

2 Number each cut brick removed from the edge of the patio using a crayon.

3 Dig out sodden clay or soft mud from the patio with a pointed trowel.

4 Use a 4-foot level to determine the finished height of the brick.

5 Fill depressions in the sand bed with ground limestone.

6 Use a hand tamper to compact the limestone.

7 Add 1 inch of sand, then check with the level to ensure there's a 3-inch space for the bricks.

8 Set bricks back into place, tapping each one down with a rubber mallet.

9 Sweep fine-grain sand into the joints between the bricks.

10 After the first heavy rainfall, sweep more sand across patio to fill voids between bricks.

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