Update on my little brick patio project in the side yard!

I was walking through the old part of town yesterday and saw a house with the coolest herringbone pattern in their walkway, made from regular red pavers. It gave me the push I needed to finally lay the last section of my own patio this morning. Has anyone else tried a herringbone layout with standard 4x8 bricks and have tips on keeping the lines straight?

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sage_ramirez4218d ago

Honestly herringbone is way more trouble than it's worth for a basic patio. All that extra cutting and fitting for a pattern you'll barely notice once the furniture is on it. Tbh just running the bricks straight is way faster and looks just as clean. Saw a neighbor try it and the lines got all wobbly halfway through because the ground wasn't perfect. Ngl that project sat unfinished for months.

aaron88418d ago

Yeah you're totally right about the wobbly lines thing. I used to think herringbone was the only classy look for a patio. Then I tried laying a small walkway with it last summer. Spent a whole weekend just on like ten square feet, cutting all those angles. One corner sank a tiny bit after a rain and the whole pattern looked crooked. Switched to straight rows for the rest and it was done in an afternoon, looks perfectly fine.

angela_grant4d agoTop Commenter

Nah, herringbone's worth the extra work... looks way better in the long run.