Future Patio (about 25 x 20) Outlined by 2 x 4's
Green area with Garden and Grass to the right
The Stairs from the Deck will come down alongside the Garage wall
We'll tie that into the Patio with a walkway
Paver Pile
From the Other End
There a lot
of things that get thrown at you when building a house. Change orders that mean we need to give the
builder more money or things that looked good on the plans but not in real life (or missed
altogether) will all drive you crazy. And then there are those things that are self-induced
that you know full well that somewhere along the way you're going to say "I must be crazy!"
Mine, at the
moment, is self-induced. I saw this ad on Craigslist for pavers. You know, the
kind that are used in walkways and patios. I’m planning on building our own
patio and when I saw that someone had a boat load of them for sale, I jumped. I’m
always on a quest for a “deal”. The ones I found were from folks that had
replaced the pavers that served as a patio around the perimeter of their pool with
stamped concrete. About 1,000 square feet and perfect for us. One small catch
though. They are piled up behind the pool and the pile is about 20 feet long,
10 feet wide and about 5 feet high. And it’s not a neat pile. Just a pile. And
they had to be moved from out of the woods behind the pool to the driveway out
front (there is no trailer access to the “pile”).
When I first
saw them, the first word that came to mind was “daunting”. The second thought was
OK, so you’ve spent an evening in the emergency room and another morning in an outpatient
clinic because of throwing out your back so this is a good idea why? So of course, being the knucklehead
that I can be, I bought them anyways.
I tried some
horse trading early on to try get some help in moving them saying in my best
Tom Sawyeresque voice “Don’t you want a patio? I’ll trade a pallet for your
help.” No takers (yet).
So I started
moving them myself yesterday with my trailer. I figure if I do small loads, and
listen to my back when it’s murmuring, not screaming to stop, I should be OK. Besides,
I have some leftover meds from that ER visit that I kept around for the next back “emergency”.
I’ll keep
you posted. Now let’s see, where are those meds…?
