[Summit] landscaping

[Breslers]

Not sure where you are planning your pathway, but in case it is relevant-
and you may not know- mortar is damaged by salt.

I'm not sure if brick itself is also damaged, but most are cemented down
with mortar anyway.  This means that in nasty winter weather most bricked
walk ways can not be treated with salt.  You can use shoveling & sand, of
course- but there are real reasons people use salt at least some of the
time.

I have known several people who chose to ignore this "rule" and in a few
years had to pay to have their walkways, or even more problematic- their
collapsing steps- put back together again or replaced completely.

But maybe by now someone has invented a salt resistant mortar?

E

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 1:16 PM, sumati eberstadt <sumieber at earthlink.net>wrote:

>
> I want to have a brick pathway built, and some minor changes to a stone
> patio done. It’s not a big job. I have bought plants from Evergreen Nursery
> and Landscape Service in Seekonk for years, and like them very much. Has
> anyone used them for landscaping and if so, would you recommend them? Any
> other recommendations for small brick and cobble stone projects?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sumati
>
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