well its been like two or three weeks since i finished this project but didnt get a chance to post some pictures.
i already have a patio that was build into the house. when i did backyard landscaping back in 2005, i couldn't decide what to use for the extended patio that i wanted to build away from the house. so we just put down 1/4" minus. this was the worst decision, because we trecked the dirt onto our patio and then into the house all the time.
so, i finally did the things that i should have done back when i did my backyard:
full view of the patio, extended patio and patio shelves:
another angle of the patio to get the real color:
close up of the roman slate + finish of the resurfaced patio:
close up of the patio stones:
side walkway looking towards the to the side gate:
side walkway looking towards the backyard:
concrete pad at side door leading into the garage:
i already have a patio that was build into the house. when i did backyard landscaping back in 2005, i couldn't decide what to use for the extended patio that i wanted to build away from the house. so we just put down 1/4" minus. this was the worst decision, because we trecked the dirt onto our patio and then into the house all the time.
so, i finally did the things that i should have done back when i did my backyard:
- i resurfaced my existing patio with a resurfacing grout from hd and stamped a "roman slate" pattern into the resurfaced surface. we then applied a solid color concrete stain. we then applied a contrasting color semi-solid color stain on top of it to give it a faux look. the color looked real odd to us initially, but i think we may like it, who knows.
- i also resurfaced + stamped the concrete pad outside the garage side door.
- then i took the 1/4" minus out of the patio extension and made a walkway from the side gate to the backyard. there were just the 3/4" rock there.
- i then bought the "coble stone" 16" x 16" x normal paver thickness tiles from lowes and installed them on a 3/4" to 1.5" bed of sand. i put the paver edger (black plastic edging) to keep the tiles from moving away at the grass area. put lock tite sand into the joints and the groves in the tile and wet it. after, it dried out, i sealed both the resurfaced concrete patio and the paver area with a sealer to protect the surface and to help keep the pavers in place.
- lastly, i finally painted the patio corner shelves that i built very long time ago with the HF hvlp gun (the same one that rockler and woodcraft carries) and installed them into the patio.
full view of the patio, extended patio and patio shelves:
another angle of the patio to get the real color:
close up of the roman slate + finish of the resurfaced patio:
close up of the patio stones:
side walkway looking towards the to the side gate:
side walkway looking towards the backyard:
concrete pad at side door leading into the garage:
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