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]

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)

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[mellowtigger]

There probably won't be any plants (since it will have garden on 2 sides already) or permanent chairs. We have folding chairs in the garage for easy setup. One of the landlords has a portable gas grill that would be good for having a barbecue outside this fall.

I didn't tend the garden very well this year, and I actually smothered a lot of nice plants with dirt while digging for the patio. I was sorry to bury the carrots, especially. :( Next year should be better. No more moving dirt, and my time can be spent on plants instead of bricks.

I hope to harvest some ears of corn for roasting during a barbecue this year, though. :)

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[mellowtigger]

A chiminea might be nice as the weather turns cooler here. We should be seeing them in our stores here soon.