GR! Patio project,when will it be completed :hmm2:

So does this mean you're hosting the next subsim meet then?:hmmm:

Think his garden will be big enough?:hmmm:

Should wrap things up today.

Sure, I'd be glad to host the next meet, assuming of course it consists of 3 people. :haha:

Scrambled Eggs and a hot cup of coffee down.:yawn:

Going to twiddle my thumbs for another 30 minutes and then get to work:up:

So it is with artisans, begins early and ends early :haha:

If you get good at stamping, I've got several contacts near you that would gladly put you to work. You still going with flagstone. Sometimes you can rent stamps or buy them cheap on the net. I bought a Increte territory, expensive then, now I buy most of my stuff local.

You can also go over existing concrete slabs with a product called thincrete and stamp it, do a lot of bars, dealerships, ect. this way.

Cool stuff.

http://www.increte.com/

DONE!

though i severely underestimated the "easy" that today was supposedly going to be.

i would NOT call today the "easy day" in hind sight though i will say today was a LOT easier than yesterday.

Patio came together as I expected... it looks great - not professional - but great. and the fence came out better than i expected!

EDIT:

time to get drunk

At last, congratulations :DL

Let me be the first to say, "Pics, or it didn't happen." :O:

He beat me to it John :DL

ill get pics.

the yard is a bit dug up still, and the patio needs to have its post job cleaning but thats all.

i'll go see what i can do

This is the stone tile patio.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JGyMlGQKTS...25282%2529.JPG

these were 16"x16"x2.5" and weigh 40 lbs each:doh:... this was a chore, and considering i have never done anything like that before i think it turned out ok, but i also bit off a little more than i could chew and should have tried laying a few of the extra stones in the area where we keep the garbage cans before attempting this project.

I learned from it, and i have a couple of things i would have done differently if i had to do it all over again.

notice the tiles on the left are a bit out of line and not exactly level ;)

the ground there was very very hard almost like bone dry West Texas soil... however, the soil to the right was very manageable and much softer and easier to work with.

the blocks are very sturdy though, and it meets its purpose :up:

upon digging up the yard in preparation for fresh gras we noticed that the remainder of the yard past the "patio" is extremely dark fertile soil.:D

Here is the fence.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JGyMlGQKTS...25283%2529.JPG

Cedar planks, smell great and look great too. I especially like the contrast of the black hinges... a little bit pricy on the whole but worth it.

wouldnt change much about the fence other than using 6x6 posts instead of 4x4

we almost got it flush with the face of the house... and for this reason the planks on the end had to be cut due to the irregularities in the foundation.

I'm quite happy with it.

i dont have a before shot, but if i did it would be similar to this with a fair amount of water damage and rot.

Very nice, sir. Well done, VERY well done, esp. if this is your first time tackling a job like this.

Sit back and crack a few cold ones - well deserved cold ones!

thanks! will do.

looking at the picture you can really tell exactly where the ground became very hard to work with.

i think the bottom right 3 tiles by 4 tiles went in pretty well if i say so myself.

but still, beats the heck out of the dirt that was there :D