Smart Hardscaping Tips for Your Home

When contemplating about adding some curb appeal to your home, think beyond foliage, and find ways to extend your home decor skills to the outdoors with these smart hardscaping tips from the Orlando masonry experts at Bedrock.

Plan the Layout

When determining your hardscaping creation, you want to consider the entire space. Sectioning off the area allows you to easily identify what is needed and ways they can flow well together. In this layout design, you will discover what you want to be a focal point such as a structure, lamp, tree, or bench. Figuring out your plan also helps create a list of what masonry products are needed.

Drainage

We live in Florida, so there will not be a need to design with a snowstorm in mind, but you should be mindful of flooding. Rain is bound to happen, and you will need to plan a path to divert water flow away, or you’ll be caught with a puddle against your home or outside structures leading to possible damage.

Retain Natural Beauty

It is important to evaluate the existing foliage to see what you can keep. Look for mature trees, shrubbery, or flora that can be easily cleaned up and reused. If you have pieces that are small enough, you can also choose to relocate them to use for framing a section of your hardscaping area.

Hardscaping Materials

When designing your space, some contrast is desired, and an easy way to do that is by creating walls, walkways, steps, and whatever else to have some amount of contrast to one another in texture and color. The most common material is bricks and stones. Two materials are often all that is required to create the ideal amount of contrast. While sharp right angles are often appealing, sometimes it should be considered to have a curved bending edge as would be on pavement.
We will help you every step of the way. Our Orlando masonry experts will listen to your thoughts and desires and help you to make the right decision when it comes to the masonry products needed to complete your next hardscape project. As your full masonry supply house, we have all the materials you’ll need and the experience to guide you. No one knows hardscaping better than us.