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Reviews 2
Booklist Review
Of use to the dedicated home do-it-yourselfer, this book covers a wide range of masonry projects. The fundamentals covered include the sizes, shapes, and types of brick; mason tools; and materials such as sand, gravel, and crushed rock. Planning the job, obtaining necessary permits, and deciding when to hire a professional are all covered, as are techniques such as how to mix mortar or concrete, the correct way to set up scaffolding, etc. The major portion of the book is devoted to specific building projects, which are thoroughly described, step by step: building a concrete block wall, a stone wall, a flagstone patio, or a brick planter; tuckpointing; restoring deteriorated bricks; putting a new face on an old fireplace; waterproofing a basement; and more. A comprehensive guide for any public library. --Maurine Hoffmann
Library Journal Review
Despite its title, this has little to do with ``decorative landscaping'' and is by no means ``complete.'' Instead, it is a fairly basic manual on masonry construction, covering simple walls, walks, driveways, and similar outdoor projects. A series of seemingly tacked-on chapters toward the end of the book address such unrelated topics as the refacing of fireplaces, the waterproofing of basements, and the author's experience rehabbing an old house. This slapdash approach extends to other sections of the book, which are only marginally effective at relating explanatory text to the separately placed project sequence photos. Offering no more masonry how-to than the average general home improvement manual, this is not recommended.-- Bill Demo, Tompkins Cortland Community Coll., Dryden, N.Y. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
