Hi Dale & all, I'm starting my own patio project this week. I plan to sweep it...well, I should say that I plan to sweep the part of the patio that runs along the wall. Then, I'll have a beer and probably sweep the rest next summer.
Seriously, I really admire how much talent is in this group. I'm learning a lot from y'all! Gary > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Dale Leavens > Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 11:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Patio project progress report. > > > > Well I am about two thirds through the main part of replacing my lock stone patio. > > Since my daughter is up visiting I had her drive me down to Earlton, a little town just > under two hours south of here where there is a family operated brick yard and ordered > three thousand square feet of pavers for the double driveway, 30 curb stones which I am > told weigh a hundred and ten pounds each to go along the one edge. I also ordered a > couple of different sorts of retaining wall blocks, one sort to extend the wall I erected in > 1993 to extend it and turn it to keep part of my neighbours yard from subsiding, the > original owner had put up a wooden structure made of scraps as far as I can tell and it is > subsiding so I'll tidy that up. > > I also ordered another sort to hold my front lawn up and out of the hedge. I presently > have some land scape ties there but they are failing and I want a good secure and > defined edge both to make tending the lawn easier and as a secure footing to stand on > when trimming the hedge.I bought some for other edging too, altogether nearly $8,000 in > masonry and masonry products. > > There is a new and much better product for bonding the pavers I didn't have available > first time I put them down, they call it polymeric sand. It contains some sort of polymer > chemistry which gets sticky when wet but remains somewhat elastic and is supposed to > keep weeds and insects from penetrating. When I am ready for it, they tell me it will > require about 900 bucks for the patio and the driveway. > > So far I have shifted and leveled about four yards of crusher reject and lifted and > replaced about 400 square feet of pavers which is about 1600 bricks. well, not quite > because Janet and Chrystal have picked up and cleaned quite a number of them. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >
