After the fireplace and posts were finished, I started framing, but right as I started framing, the patio contractor was ready to start. First up was remove the existing concrete patio, and once that plus the steps were gone and they laid the stone foundation, it became clear how big of an expansion the new…
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Backyard Patio Structure: Fireplace
Once we had all the preparation complete with the water line, electrical, and speaker conduit, it was time for our fireplace! We talked about what we want, and our mason laid out the elevation in conjunction with our patio paver, who wanted to have a specific pitch from the house. Initial layout was an exciting…
Backyard Patio Structure: Preparation
After settling on a design for the patio structure, we had to seek folks to put in the patio pavers, and most importantly build the fireplace and stone columns. We reached out to several folks, with varying degrees of response, and widely different estimates. Suffice to say, part of what we were doing was somewhat…
Jeff Staley 