| If you want to boost the curb appeal and value of | | | | of your brick & stone deck, or follow along a brick |
| your home on Long Island, using a Long Island Mason | | | | walkway. Terracing your landscape and adding |
| Contractor to add stone and brick to your landscape | | | | multiple levels of brick and stone patios that follow |
| and yard setting in attractive ways will accomplish | | | | the contour of your sloping property will enhance |
| what you want to do. Adding brick and stone patios, | | | | your natural setting, giving it visual interest in a way |
| brick walkways, or a brick and stone deck to your | | | | that uses what's there in an organic way, rather than |
| home will add natural interest, as well as extending | | | | trying to impose order on nature. |
| your living space out into your outdoor space, and | | | | If erosion is a problem on your lot, terracing using |
| making your home appear more spacious and | | | | brick and stone decks and utilizing stone and brick |
| gracious. Some stone or brick walls or edging for | | | | retaining walls can solve your erosion problems and |
| your landscaping will enhance their appearance and | | | | stabilize your landscape. |
| carry the stone and brick theme throughout your | | | | Choosing the right stone and brick is key to making |
| landscape. | | | | your new brick and stone deck work within its |
| There are further benefits to enhancing your home in | | | | setting. Picking stone that is native to the setting, |
| this very natural manner. Though the initial cost might | | | | and that accents colors you use in your home's paint |
| be slightly more, depending on the stone you choose, | | | | scheme or natural landscape is key to making the |
| stone and brick patios and decks require little in the | | | | stone and brick work well within its setting. Stone |
| way of maintenance once they've been properly | | | | varies greatly in color and texture and thickness. |
| installed, will give you many more years of | | | | Some is smoothly cut, and some is very rough cut |
| enjoyment than a wood or concrete deck or patio, | | | | and somewhat irregular in shape. There are no two |
| and are much more attractive and natural looking. By | | | | stones that are exactly alike, which is a great part of |
| including step slabs, random slabs and boulders you | | | | stone's appeal. Natural stone variegates in color, with |
| can achieve a dramatic landscape appearance. You | | | | veining, flecks, striations and other irregularities, |
| can even incorporate a terraced waterscape into | | | | creating a richness and depth not possible with other |
| your brick & stone patio, creating a cool oasis for | | | | materials. Brick also comes in many colors, textures, |
| hot summer days. | | | | and glazes. |
| It is much easier creating brick and stone patios to | | | | Incorporating drainage, and properly grading the brick |
| follow the natural contour of the setting, which gives | | | | and stone deck's site will ensure that wet weather |
| the overall design a more organic appearance, and | | | | won't create a quagmire in your garden. Getting the |
| allows you to incorporate your plantings in a more | | | | base right is the key to making sure your stone and |
| integrated way. Your mason contractor can even | | | | brick deck will stay graded properly and not sink in |
| create a stone and brick patio around an existing | | | | spots. Using a professional Long Island Mason |
| tree! If the natural contour of your land's slope is a | | | | Contractor will ensure that your hardscaping job is |
| curve, your contractor can create a graded and | | | | done right the first time. |
| terraced stone and brick patio to fit into the curved | | | | Hiring your Long Island Mason Contractor and |
| space, or use the brick walkway to define the curve. | | | | consulting with him to choose the right stone and |
| Adding stone & brick walls which incorporate planting | | | | brick for its purpose, to discuss your grading and |
| boxes will add levels to your landscape and allow you | | | | drainage needs, and to match the materials to the |
| more creativity in your plantings without complicating | | | | expected traffic use will ensure you a brick and |
| lawn maintenance, and can incorporate plantings that | | | | stone patio that will give you many years of |
| allow for more privacy when you're enjoying the use | | | | enjoyment, and enhance the value of your home. |
| of your new patio. These walls can define the border | | | | |