Our big project this spring has been to put in a patio, and I wanted to share our progress!
A few of the photos were already shared in Jessie's patio thread: http://www.chazhound.com/forums/t133472/
I was planning on sharing the whole process once it was completely done, anyways, but I thought this might help if anybody else was looking to put in a patio! (Ours isn't QUITE done yet, but it is very very very close.)
April 8th
Excavation begins!
(The giant trench through the center is for the drainage coming off the house.)
April 10th - 11:30am
The trench is filled in and the retaining wall is (mostly) finished.
(The yellow piece of machinery you see is the plate compactor we rented for the paver base.)
April 10th - 2:30pm
Adding the paver base.
April 10th - 3:40pm
Still adding the paver base. Lots and lots of paver base!
April 10th - 5:15pm
First layer of paver base is complete, compacted and ready.
(The first order of paver base wasn't enough for the project. Also, please ignore the wonky wall caps at the front corner. They were just there as a placeholder.)
April 14th
Second layer of paver base is complete, compacted and ready.
(Plus dog getting in the way of the photo.)
*MORE*
A few of the photos were already shared in Jessie's patio thread: http://www.chazhound.com/forums/t133472/
I was planning on sharing the whole process once it was completely done, anyways, but I thought this might help if anybody else was looking to put in a patio! (Ours isn't QUITE done yet, but it is very very very close.)
April 8th
Excavation begins!
(The giant trench through the center is for the drainage coming off the house.)
April 10th - 11:30am
The trench is filled in and the retaining wall is (mostly) finished.
(The yellow piece of machinery you see is the plate compactor we rented for the paver base.)
April 10th - 2:30pm
Adding the paver base.
April 10th - 3:40pm
Still adding the paver base. Lots and lots of paver base!
April 10th - 5:15pm
First layer of paver base is complete, compacted and ready.
(The first order of paver base wasn't enough for the project. Also, please ignore the wonky wall caps at the front corner. They were just there as a placeholder.)
April 14th
Second layer of paver base is complete, compacted and ready.
(Plus dog getting in the way of the photo.)
*MORE*