Patio Pavers Project

September 2005

I finally got around to adding the overhead to the patio. Here are a few pics.

August 2005

Time to lay down pavers and to extend the usable space outside of our front door. Figuring the total square footage was my first little challenge. Once I determined the space to be 300 square feet, I then learned that a yard of material (gravel / sand) equals one yard for 1 inch coverage for 300 square feet. How convenient! When I purchased the pavers, I met Al Green (representing Air Vol in San Luis Obispo). Al gave me all kinds of terrific advice which ultimately made the patio project a success. The Air Vol pavers are superior in quality compared to the other stuff I considered. At the completion of the project, I had four pavers remaining; darned lucky material estimating. It took two of us the better part of two days to lay the base, sand, and pavers. If you ever do this type of project, be sure to rent yourself a tamper and a diamond blade tile (paver) cutter. They are priceless. The two post brackets are for a future pergola.

The two days most of the work was done it topped out at 97 degrees. Nothing like a warm day to get motivated.

Here are a few picture showing the progress.

Gravel and Sand	Pavers in Limbo	Excavation Done	Patio Area To Be
4" of Base Complete	Tamper Time	Sand / Scree Begins	Sand Scree Completed
Pavers Going Down	And More Pavers...	Uh, It's Getting Late	Next Day, New Tools
Last Paver Set	Not Done Yet	Top Sand Fill Begins	More Tampering
Front View	Side of House	Side View	Finished !