I am purchasing a new home. There is a small outside patio that does not have enough slope to drain rain water off. What would be a easy solution to this problem without having to complete redo the patio. Is there a concrete topping that can be applied to the existing slab to create a slope? ...

How much is concrete going for these days? We want to add a patio and possibly a room addition.

Hi, The metal stair rails on our concrete front porch recently broke and we had to remove them. I would very much prefer to replace them with wood rails, which I think are far more attractive. However, looking around the neighborhood, I only see wood rails with wood patios and decks, and...

I have been wanting to do a covered area of around part of my pool for sometime now. My backyard is quite small - the pool deck starts at the house and ends at the back fence. This will require me to put my posts on my pool deck. It is a cool deck (I think that's the right kind), it looks kind of...

I am planning on building a ground level deck over an existing concrete patio, and am not sure where to begin. I am wondering what the best foundation would be for the deck. I found an article that suggested using a wall frame type set-up but wasn't sure if there was another route I should take,...