i'm going with stamped concrete. found some the wife really likes.
Got the hard stuff behind us today.
started about 9am.
tore out the old fence, loaded it up on the trailer, the old holes worked out for us so we didnt have to auger new holes.
took lunch at 11:30
at noon we drove the old wood to a friends burning pile and unloaded it.
went to lowes and picked up concrete mix, 4x4x8 lumber and other odds and ends (the person helping us had no idea what a "four by four" was.)
got all of the posts cemented into the ground and level
finished up by excavating the patio area, probably would have gotten further but we just ran out of daylight. it has really been an all day project.
tomorrow we will finish the 5 or 6 square feet of the excavating and get it leveled and put down the stone patio. then take lunch and head to town to get the remaining lumber. once we get it home we will measure, measure again and cut and install. we are thinking tomorrow should be a lot faster than today.
the really tough part is always tearing it down, hauling it off, and cementing new posts simply because there is so much heavy lifting. the easier part tends to be putting up the smaller bits of wood.
cant wait to be done.
time for a dozen half shell oysters, cold beer and dinner
