Each year, thousands of Arizona residents email or call Rosie Romero's radio show with questions about everything from preventing fires in their chimneys to getting rid of tree roots invading their sewer system. His goal is to provide answers that suit the specific lifestyle wherever someone lives in Arizona.
Q: I have an old concrete patio in my backyard and I want to redo it. I’m thinking of covering it with black slate. Would that work?
A: Dark-colored slate could get very hot in the summer. In addition, slate is not a very good surface outdoors. It can get slippery when it’s wet, and it could look very dusty in the summer. Sometimes thin layers of stone keep peeling off slate tiles. A better choice would be to buy light-colored or white concrete pavers. You can lay them right on top of the concrete and the light color will keep the pavers cooler in hot weather.
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For more do-it-yourself tips, go to rosieonthehouse.com. An Arizona home building and remodeling industry expert for 25 years, Rosie Romero is the host of the syndicated Saturday morning Rosie on the House radio program, heard locally from 8-11 a.m. on KNST-AM (790) in Tucson and KGVY-AM (1080) and -FM (100.7) in Green Valley. Call 888-767-4348.
