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Do It Yourself Masonry: How to Build a Back Yard Patio

Layout article by Bortnyk on 17 November 2006, tagged as doityourself, masonry, and patio

Like many men, Ryan Bortnyk dreamed of breaking rock and cutting wood to fashion a place (an outdoor shrine, if you will) where one could cultivate the finer things in life - barbecuing, sitting still, and, of course, surveying the majestic estate that is every man's home. So, like the intrepid American pioneer, he took matters into his own hands and worked out a rugged yet fashionable 12' x 12' stone patio for almost half as much as a professional installation.

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Inspiring by Anonymous :: NR0

I've wanted to do something like this for awhile now. This article just might inspire me. Thanks. And it was funny to boot. One more thing - if you have a high water table, do you have put down a lot more gravel?

Posted 20 November 2006, Hide, Reply
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I know the truth by romanizzo :: NR6

Dude, I know you got your wife to do the math for you. I've seen you try to do math, and if you had tried to do the math on this, you would have ended up with an oval rather than a rectangle.

Nice patio.

Posted 21 November 2006, Hide, Reply
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These Patio are Cool! by smcbride :: NR6

The summer before my last son went off to school we with to Home Depot and got a hand out on "How To Build" one of these patios. Its been four years now and it is still perfectly level. We dug out area and replace with good sand and compacted the soil to 90% proctor. We used the 12" x 12" red stone with a gray border, looks great. The stone or prefab concrete blocks weigh 39 pounds each. What I like about it best is the low maintenance, hose off and weed eat egdes and this baby is ready to go. Just add grill, steaks few friends and ice cold beer and your set for a great week-end.

Posted 26 November 2006, Hide, Reply
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Nice patio.. by ldsudduth :: NR6

Very good work, especially for a first time.

I was impressed until I read you list of materials....

Old Milwaukee..ewwwwwwwww... better two cases of Sam Adams dude...or that PA standard..Yuengling Lager.

Posted 01 December 2006, Hide, Reply