Part of th reason I've been absent from the forum as of late--------
06-21-2006, 04:53 PM
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Part of th reason I've been absent from the forum as of late--------
House "Mod".....
Building a 600 square foot patio out back from old, recycled bricks. Had to excavate first, then, run conduit and wire for electric, then we put down 4 inches of crushed rock, compacted it, then layed down 1 1/2 inches of sand, and then started laying bricks.
It'll be cool when it's done, but you can see what we've done so far. It'll have a fountain at one end, and four 40" tall brick posts with wrought iron railing inbetween. On top of the posts will be a square capstone with carriage-style lights on top.
This was when we laid the rock down....
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Me running the plate compactor over the rock
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Mrs. Kareem hard at work
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<img src="http://images17.fotki.com/v325/photos/4/469393/3692552/100_1173-vi.jpg?700525">
Building a 600 square foot patio out back from old, recycled bricks. Had to excavate first, then, run conduit and wire for electric, then we put down 4 inches of crushed rock, compacted it, then layed down 1 1/2 inches of sand, and then started laying bricks.
It'll be cool when it's done, but you can see what we've done so far. It'll have a fountain at one end, and four 40" tall brick posts with wrought iron railing inbetween. On top of the posts will be a square capstone with carriage-style lights on top.
This was when we laid the rock down....
<img src="http://images2.fotki.com/v327/photos/4/469393/3692552/000_0002-vi.jpg?525700">
<img src="http://images17.fotki.com/v322/photos/4/469393/3692552/000_0003-vi.jpg?700525">
Me running the plate compactor over the rock
<img src="http://images17.fotki.com/v9/photos/4/469393/3692552/100_1140-vi.jpg?700525">
<img src="http://images17.fotki.com/v14/photos/4/469393/3692552/100_1141-vi.jpg?700525">
Mrs. Kareem hard at work
<img src="http://images17.fotki.com/v9/photos/4/469393/3692552/100_1157-vi.jpg?700525">
<img src="http://images17.fotki.com/v323/photos/4/469393/3692552/100_1165-vi.jpg?700525">
<img src="http://images17.fotki.com/v9/photos/4/469393/3692552/100_1170-vi.jpg?700525">
<img src="http://images17.fotki.com/v9/photos/4/469393/3692552/100_1170-vi.jpg?700525">
<img src="http://images17.fotki.com/v325/photos/4/469393/3692552/100_1173-vi.jpg?700525">
06-21-2006, 05:10 PM
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Actually, we don't......
When we decided to do it, we read a lot of articles and literature on how to do it, and then just decided to give it a whirl. The only thing we didn't do was have the ground excavated. We paid someone to do it with a bobcat. Everything else we did ourselves......including hauling 8 cubic yards of crushed rock from our front driveway to the backyard by wheelbarrow by ourselves on one single 93 degree day (never want to do that part again.)
