What to do around new concrete patio (NE US)
Excuse the mess, still a work in progress! Yes I know, concrete all the way across would have been the easiest solution but the boss lady didn’t want to do that. And yes I know the face of the patio is less than stellar. We had an old covered brick paver patio (4th pic) that the entire structure was rotting and becoming a very inviting home to pests. I tore that out completely, and we decided to pour a concrete pad that included a step out from the patio door. Ignore the other patio door it’s not used. They had to build it up slightly. I figured I would just ramp the grass up to the edge and call it a day. Now the wife is asking about mulch or other landscaping, then creating a couple very short step off areas. One other note, the drainage of the patio is great. We’ve had some of the heaviest rains we’ll ever get in the last 2 weeks and there’s been no standing water or drainage issues. The third picture shows the remnants of the end of the old brick pavers. Concrete company suggested just re-leveling this area and putting bricks back (it slopes towards the house). The base is extremely solid, I think it WAS aggregate but time has turned into solid stone… like they were cutting it with the concrete saw to get it out solid. I like this idea in general, because it gives me a defined space for cooking. I’m not looking forward to putting 300 bricks back down though - What would you do? (Note the lower step down is bricks and staying that way, otherwise I’d probably get larger pavers). I will build up that little rectangle cut out - there use to be a stump there that patio was built around but we had it removed. There were 800 lb 4x6s edging the pavers to hold them in place. I removed these because they were rotting on the ends and they would have needed adjusted/cut anyway. How would you edge the paver area to keep the pavers in the place, without causing the edge to come out too much so it stays in line with the concrete edge? There is gravel around the edge of the concrete, including in between the new and old. I could build this up and butt pavers right up against the concrete, or I’ve thought about leaving a gravel channel there to separate the two - any ideas? After deciding what to do with the ‘bonus pad’, now what would you do for the landscaping around the concrete and bricks? Or maybe even on the pad itself with some planter boxes or something? NE US, so we do get freeze/thaws. Tl;dr: New patio, do I put bricks back on the bonus pad or do something else. Then do I just ramp grass to the edge or do some other landscaping across the entire front? submitted by /u/DIY_Daddio [link] [comments]
| | Excuse the mess, still a work in progress! Yes I know, concrete all the way across would have been the easiest solution but the boss lady didn’t want to do that. And yes I know the face of the patio is less than stellar. We had an old covered brick paver patio (4th pic) that the entire structure was rotting and becoming a very inviting home to pests. I tore that out completely, and we decided to pour a concrete pad that included a step out from the patio door. Ignore the other patio door it’s not used. They had to build it up slightly. I figured I would just ramp the grass up to the edge and call it a day. Now the wife is asking about mulch or other landscaping, then creating a couple very short step off areas. One other note, the drainage of the patio is great. We’ve had some of the heaviest rains we’ll ever get in the last 2 weeks and there’s been no standing water or drainage issues.
Tl;dr: New patio, do I put bricks back on the bonus pad or do something else. Then do I just ramp grass to the edge or do some other landscaping across the entire front? [link] [comments] |
