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My first completed paver stone patio. Uses 16 x 16 pavers
My first paver stone project. This area had a large wood bench type swing set on it that was sinking into the ground. So I decided to make a patio out of pavers for it. The project did not extend to replacing the original patio, just leveling a sunken area in it. Removed dirt to about 7 inches deep, all dug by hand. Added 3 tons of 1 inch minus, a little over 1 ton of sand, and 2300 pounds of 16x16 pavers. The plan was to set the level of the pavers with the corner of the old patio and the walkway. The pavers are all level with the earth and set at the level of the old patio corner but the ground and walkway slope slightly up. There is a small lip where the grass is higher that will be rounded over. I fixed the sunken area in the old original patio. I always thought the old patio was thicker bricks. I found out that there is a 3 foot diameter hole that leads to an underground concrete room. The prior owners filled it with rubble and dirt but did not get it all the way full and it settled over decades. Now it is filled up. The old patio sits on a very thin layer of sand over the concrete that forms that room so there is no changing the height of it at all. Best left as it is. submitted by /u/inkseep1 [link] [comments]
| | My first paver stone project. This area had a large wood bench type swing set on it that was sinking into the ground. So I decided to make a patio out of pavers for it. The project did not extend to replacing the original patio, just leveling a sunken area in it. Removed dirt to about 7 inches deep, all dug by hand. Added 3 tons of 1 inch minus, a little over 1 ton of sand, and 2300 pounds of 16x16 pavers. The plan was to set the level of the pavers with the corner of the old patio and the walkway. The pavers are all level with the earth and set at the level of the old patio corner but the ground and walkway slope slightly up. There is a small lip where the grass is higher that will be rounded over. I fixed the sunken area in the old original patio. I always thought the old patio was thicker bricks. I found out that there is a 3 foot diameter hole that leads to an underground concrete room. The prior owners filled it with rubble and dirt but did not get it all the way full and it settled over decades. Now it is filled up. The old patio sits on a very thin layer of sand over the concrete that forms that room so there is no changing the height of it at all. Best left as it is. [link] [comments] |
