** Pergola pics - almost finished...

[jack sparrow]

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. ;-)

Johnny Depp.

And your welcome

 

[Gambino]

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.

i shingled a 37 sq roof this weekend
real light pitch 6/12 and no valleys
so pretty easy but hard on the body, fuck that work

 

[alien amp pharm]

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.

Did you say you used sand in between the pavers/stone as opposed to some sort of grout?

Does it last or does it weather away easily?

I took a gable and simply placed sand in the joints as pictured in my pics above. I'm hoping that stays and doesn't wash away.

 

[Gambino]

hahaha it's gonna wash away and end up impacted on your garage!!#$!#@$@!

 

[alien amp pharm]

i shingled a 37 sq roof this weekend
real light pitch 6/12 and no valleys
so pretty easy but hard on the body, fuck that work

37 sq ft?

You pussy!







(hehe 3700 sq ft is a large house. Shingling is best left to Mexicans)

 

[jack sparrow]

i shingled a 37 sq roof this weekend
real light pitch 6/12 and no valleys
so pretty easy but hard on the body, fuck that work

I'd farm out roofing work, mostly because I'm deathly afraid of heights.

 

[jack sparrow]

Did you say you used sand in between the pavers/stone as opposed to some sort of grout?

Does it last or does it weather away easily?

I took a gable and simply placed sand in the joints as pictured in my pics above. I'm hoping that stays and doesn't wash away.

With pavers, all you have to do is tap them together with a rubber mallet when you are first laying out the design. Once that is complete, you use a composite retainer around everything and spike them into the ground (like 8" spikes). All you need to do after that is dump out a bag of slag sand and sweep it over the entire area with a push broom until all the sand fills the cracks...sometimes it takes two bags, I usually wait a day before putting down a second bag. Use paver sealer as the final step and your done.

BUT, even though the pavers themselves are sealed, the slag sand ordeal will still need to be done every spring. No grouting needed.

 

[jack sparrow]

I also recommend shooting it down with a generous application of Round Up. You won't see a single weed for a couple of years.

 

[alien amp pharm]

I talked my parents out of pavers/flagstone at their house they are selling.

I've become a big fan of concrete stain and patterning.

My mom wanted flagstone over an existing concrete walk. Applying a 2 color blended pattern will look just as good, be hella lot easier and also a lot cheaper.

I will probably be installing flagstone at their new house though.

 

[jack sparrow]

The cool thing about pavers though, is that the colors are almost ALL different shades. You have similar shades, but when placed next to each other, they are actually different. It looks cool once they are all spread out. Plus, if you don't mind making a million cuts, you can pretty much design anything you want.