We have a Patio!!!!!!!!! almost...
Look! Loo
k! See what we have!!!! A brand new patio!!! Andy and I decided that we wanted to finally get a patio/deck in the back of the house and since money is tight we opted for a patio. We recycled the old walk way stones from Dave and Lil's house. They are about 2x2x 3 inches. These are not the new lightweight ones, that are about 30 lbs, no these are 40+ years old and weight close to 100 lbs, if not more. We placed little 2x6 inch paver stones in between them. They are a dark grey. In between all where every 4 stones meet there will be a little red block, just for a touch of color. Its ab
out 16x9 ish feet and it is beautiful!! He did so good!! Andy started by digging out the ground and we dug about 6 inches down. Well first Andy broke up the excuse for a step outside our back door. Then we dug down. Ryan helped and so did Dad. Then we layed the wooden outline to block it in, then put down basically gravel dust called 1/4 minus... which is what is left over from when they make gravel,
and the stuff compacts down to a consistency that is like almost cement and then we layed sand, then the blocks and pavers, then filled in the wholes, like grout with sand. It looks great!!!!!!!!!!
Andy started this last Wed, and finished it up Saturday, now the only thing we h
ave left to do is put in the little red blocks! I'll post more as we progress!!!
k! See what we have!!!! A brand new patio!!! Andy and I decided that we wanted to finally get a patio/deck in the back of the house and since money is tight we opted for a patio. We recycled the old walk way stones from Dave and Lil's house. They are about 2x2x 3 inches. These are not the new lightweight ones, that are about 30 lbs, no these are 40+ years old and weight close to 100 lbs, if not more. We placed little 2x6 inch paver stones in between them. They are a dark grey. In between all where every 4 stones meet there will be a little red block, just for a touch of color. Its ab
out 16x9 ish feet and it is beautiful!! He did so good!! Andy started by digging out the ground and we dug about 6 inches down. Well first Andy broke up the excuse for a step outside our back door. Then we dug down. Ryan helped and so did Dad. Then we layed the wooden outline to block it in, then put down basically gravel dust called 1/4 minus... which is what is left over from when they make gravel,
and the stuff compacts down to a consistency that is like almost cement and then we layed sand, then the blocks and pavers, then filled in the wholes, like grout with sand. It looks great!!!!!!!!!!
Andy started this last Wed, and finished it up Saturday, now the only thing we h
ave left to do is put in the little red blocks! I'll post more as we progress!!!
2 comments:
Looks soooo good!
It looks really good!! Not to be too picky though, it's holes, not wholes. Dough!!
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