Building a Patio Part #1 (General Information)

Well, I have decided to build a Patio for my Mom & Dad to sit outside and enjoy the weather. It’s going to be a process of about 4 or 5 months I believe as I will only be able to buy the stuff as I have the money. It’s going to be a Long road but I think it will be well worth it in the long run.

I have already begun the process that does not cost anything. I tore down an old wood pile that had been sitting for about 9 years now. Since we no longer use the Fireplace it was just rotting in place and calling all types of bugs and other animals that I don’t want around the yard. That process took about 2 hours in total. It also was a Truck bed load of wood. Was a lot more wood than I thought it was.

I’m looking at making a Patio that is 20×20. Yes you read that right. Gonna be a Big Patio, might even put a 10×10 Canopy over a portion of it. The cost for just the bricks alone is going to be about $600.00. Yeah that’s a lot of money for some patio bricks. I could cut the cost in half if I did just a 10×10 but I want room to move around and not be on top of each other.

I plan to use this blog to document my progress of the Patio. I will post things I do for it whether it’s a small step like today’s cleaning up the wood pile to a big step like laying the patio bricks. I also plan to put pictures up as I go through the process.  Below are a Few pictures of the area where the Patio will be going. Here’s to hoping it all comes out great looking in the end.