** Pergola pics - almost finished...

[vixensghost]

It's looks fantastic. lil aap. It's so rewarding to know you did all the work too. I bet it would have costed you SEVERAL thousand more if someone else had done the work for you.

It'll be intersting to see how much they rape you on property taxes next year due to all the upgrades. Gotta love the tax man...

 

[jestro]

It'll be intersting to see how much they rape you on property taxes next year due to all the upgrades. Gotta love the tax man...

That's assuming he had it inspected, got permits and so on.

 

[alien amp pharm]

It's looks fantastic. lil aap. It's so rewarding to know you did all the work too. I bet it would have costed you SEVERAL thousand more if someone else had done the work for you.

It'll be intersting to see how much they rape you on property taxes next year due to all the upgrades. Gotta love the tax man...

That's assuming he had it inspected, got permits and so on.

I can build up to a certain amount of cost per project where I live. A pergola is fairly cheap so I didn't need permits and such.

They sometimes do a drive by to help determine property taxes though, right?

Either way I should be okay once I tear the old buildings down, which ironically I am paying taxes on at the moment, despite not using them for anything.

 

[vixensghost]

You actually can build anything without a permit in your area? LUCKY YOU!

Around this neck of the woods they WON'T allow you to breathe without one(well almost) It's crazy here.

When was the last time they accessed you on taxes? I'm sure the next time they'll take note of your changes. Tax men are kinda like that..lol

 

[jack sparrow]

In MI, anything considered landscaping (such as a paver patio, flower beds, etc.) is not a permanent structure, therefore requires no permit. They tried to charge me out the ass for permits to build a deck half the size of what I wanted...thats why I built it out of pavers, retaining walls, stone steps, etc. I can have it out of there with a back hoe in a few hours. Nothing permanent, no permits .

Aside from that, I can sit out there every spring and watch the same people power washing and re-sealing their little sissy decks in the blazing sun, after I sweep a few bags of slag sand over my patio to fill in the areas between the bricks. It's good for a few laughs.

 

[Gambino]

wow bro that looks fuggin good.
did you move all that dirt by hand?

 

[alien amp pharm]

wow bro that looks fuggin good.
did you move all that dirt by hand?

My parents have a huge garden. Me and my two nephews filled my truck up with garden soil then placed it accordingly.

I misjudged it greatly though. We only used about 20% of what we loaded, lol.

 

[vixensghost]

In MI, anything considered landscaping (such as a paver patio, flower beds, etc.) is not a permanent structure, therefore requires no permit. They tried to charge me out the ass for permits to build a deck half the size of what I wanted...thats why I built it out of pavers, retaining walls, stone steps, etc. I can have it out of there with a back hoe in a few hours. Nothing permanent, no permits .

Aside from that, I can sit out there every spring and watch the same people power washing and re-sealing their little sissy decks in the blazing sun, after I sweep a few bags of slag sand over my patio to fill in the areas between the bricks. It's good for a few laughs.

I've always wondered how blue stone would work for a patio here in Ohio. I fear that all the feezing and thawing would ruin a natty rock patio. No problems with yours JS?

I've also considered the new decking they have out that is made up of "plastics". It's realllly pricey though. No maintance or splinters may be worth the investemnt.

Let me know about your stone and the weather worries I have.

 

[jack sparrow]

I've always wondered how blue stone would work for a patio here in Ohio. I fear that all the feezing and thawing would ruin a natty rock patio. No problems with yours JS?

I've also considered the new decking they have out that is made up of "plastics". It's realllly pricey though. No maintance or splinters may be worth the investemnt.

Let me know about your stone and the weather worries I have.

Well, when we put in the patio, we dug down almost three feet to get the pitch right (my backyard slopes), we used two layers of road gravel and two layers of slag sand (tamped the SHIT out of it) ...you could park a semi on it. It's been sitting pretty for about six years now and hasn't sunk at all. It's a herring bone pattern with a retaining wall all the way around it. Materials alone cost me about 5K...a few buddies and a weekend, we had that thing banged out and it looks perfect. I'll see if I have a pic on a memory stick somewhere.

The paver brand is Fendt...them are some of the best ones out there.

 

[vixensghost]

Thank You soo much for the info.

I love, love, love the look of natty stone and wondered how it would fare here.

Stone it's gonna be!

Thanks again, Don J. ;-)