small progress

[mellowtigger]

Physical exertion didn't exhaust me today like it did yesterday, so I made more progress on the patio.  I would have done better, but sporadic bursts of rain have chased me inside already.

The books and articles mentioned 10'x10' (or 12'x12') patio decks.  They detailed exactly how many of each kind of brick was necessary to complete a 10'x10' patio.  What all of the papers FAILED to mention, however, is that if I were to add just a single inch onto the size (10'1" x 10'1") then I could lay the patio without cutting any of the bricks.  Me and power tools are a really bad idea, so of course I chose to push out a cinder block border by one additional inch.  A quick test run with some bricks showed me that, yes, they now fit squarely within the border without needing to cut any of them.  Yay!



So that's where I'm at now.  Ready for sand, then bricks.  Progress, slowly but surely.

Comments

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[otterlover01.livejournal.com]

WOW now that is a very NICE WORK there, congratulations Terry! Big hugs your way and hope you are having a wonderful Sunday! Luis. :o)

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[otterlover01.livejournal.com]

The work looks symmetric and nice alredy. What are you going to do once it is completed? Pu some plants, or chairs in it or something? :o)

[dodecadragon.livejournal.com]

I have a big pile of sandy dirt in my yard free for the taking, lots of rocks in it though, so would need some sifting. I have some mesh which would work to take out the larger rocks. :o)

Very Nice work

[(Anonymous)]

Hey it's uncle Dale. I really like it. How much did it cost for the blocksY. I'd like to do that in the front of the house.

[bluebear2.livejournal.com]

Very nice...

[pi3832.livejournal.com]

Having been in a classroom full of liberal arts students attempting to calculate the resizing of a photo, I am not surprised that the books and articles missed the 10'1" option.

Example of the resizing problem: you have a photo that is 4" wide and 3" tall. You want to fit it in a column that is 2" wide. How tall would the resized photo be? Yes, this was beyond many of the undergrads, even armed with calculators. Being an ass, I started bringing a slide rule to class to do the ones I couldn't figure in my head or on paper. (I never used it.)

Anyway, it looks really nice. It should be useful.