The day finally came a few weekends back to finish the patio. I am finally getting to a break in my schedule to post the finished product! It was A LOT OF WORK…but well worth the effort.
Here my brother-in-law is compacting the crushed concrete before laying the sand.
Next was the sand and the leveling of it.
I did my share of “screeding” sand.
Seeing the actual patio blocks go down was encouraging. Seemed like it took a long time to get to this point.
Laying the “soldier row”…added a nice touch.
A ride in the bucket of the tractor is always a bonus!
Back to work…sweeping the polymeric sand into the cracks of the block
The kids weren’t the only ones working:)
Wetting it down to harden the sand. Ahhhhhh…..finished…almost.
We still have siding to finish, some stream and pond backfill to do along with a few flower beds and some deck work. But that is all easy stuff compared to this project! Glad to be done!
We’ve been enjoying the patio this week sitting out on it many a night with my parents in town:)
IT looks fabulous! Bonus- the hard work has you looking great HOT MOMMA! Wasting away, I tell ya!
ReplyDeleteGreat job Colvin Crew!
Jenn
Amazing work, once again! There is nothing you cannot do when you have the Colvin team determination! Great work everyone!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the encouragement ladies!!!! Jenn- it's amazing what digging holes every night for 2 weeks and lifting large stones can do for your biceps!!! Sure beats lifting:)
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