Put in a New Patio
Earlier this year we decided to extend our patio in our backyard. We had talked about putting a deck in but decided that a new patio would blend in better with the existing patio and concrete would be much easier to take care of in the future.
It took a fair amount of work to remove a tree, and then remove many, many wheelbarrows full of dirt in order to get the ground the right height. Cutting the tree down and digging out the stump was probably the most grueling part of the job.
Once we got the ground lowered, we called around and got a few different bids to do the work. We contemplated doing the work ourselves with help from my friend Darren, but in the end decided it would be worth the money to have someone else do it. After the concrete was poured and had a few days to cure, we also did some landscaping. Katie put a nice small flowerbed next to the curved part of the concrete and I filled in the edge of the concrete with drainage rock and beauty bark. We are very happy with the end result and are using the backyard much more because of the extra space!!
Here’s a picture of the whole patio. You can click it to see a larger picture:
