Patio

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Italian courtyard of the Livadiya Palace.

The Andalusian Patio in Córdoba, Spain.

A patio (/ˈpæti.oʊ/, from Spanish: patio [ˈpatjo]; "courtyard", "forecourt", "yard") is an outdoor space generally used for dining or recreation that adjoins a residence and is typically paved. It may refer to a roofless inner courtyard of the sort found in Spanish-style dwellings or a paved area between a residence and a garden.

Patios are most commonly constructed from paving slabs (also known as paving flags). There are two main types of paving slab; concrete or stone. Concrete slabs are cheaper than their natural stone counterparts. This is because the cost of production is far lower. Concrete slabs are produced solely within a manufacturing plant unlike natural stone which is extracted from quarries.^[1]

As well as paving slabs, patios can also be created using other durable surfaces such as bricks, block paving, tile, concrete, natural paving stones or cobbles.

References

"Patio", Encyclopædia Britannica

↑ "Types of Patio Paving". SE Landscape Construction Ltd.

External links

Media related to Patios at Wikimedia Commons

The dictionary definition of patio at Wiktionary

v t e Rooms and spaces of a house

Shared residential rooms	Billiard room Bonus room Common room Den Dining room Ell Family room Garret Great room Hearth room Home office Kitchen Kitchenette Private library Living room Home cinema Man cave Recreation room Shrine Study Sunroom

Spaces	Alcove Atrium Balcony Breezeway Conversation pit Corridor Deck Elevator Entryway / Genkan Foyer Hallway Loft Loggia Patio Porch Ramp Secret passage Sleeping porch Stairway Terrace Veranda Vestibule

Utility and storage	Attic Basement Box Room / Carport Cloakroom Closet Electrical room Equipment room Furnace room / Boiler room Garage Janitorial closet Larder Laundry room / Utility room Mechanical room / floor Pantry Root cellar Semi-basement Spear closet Storm cellar / Safe room Studio Wardrobe Workshop Wine cellar Wiring closet / Demarcation point

Private rooms	Bathroom Bedroom / Guest room Boudoir Cabinet Jack and Jill bathroom Nursery Suite Walk-in closet Toilet (room)

Great house areas	Ballroom Butler's pantry Buttery Conservatory Courtyard Drawing room Fainting room Great chamber Great hall Long gallery Lumber room Parlour Porte-cochère Salon Saucery Scullery Servants' hall Servants' quarters Smoking room Solar Spicery State room Still room Swimming pool Undercroft

Other	Building Furniture House plan Single-family detached home Multi-family residential Secondary suite

Architectural elements	Arch Baluster Ceiling Colonnade Column Floor Gate Lighting Medaillon Ornament Portico Vault Roof

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