Patio Installation Assistance Needed

uzj100

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I would like to put in a patio. I do not want pay big time retail prices to have it done. However I do need some assistance on getting the site prepped for the cobblestone and installing the cobblestone. There is a new product out that is cobblestone held together by a netting, it comes in sheets and is easy to install. See the website,

http://www.carolinacobblestone.com/installation.asp

Here is the catch, we have to work at night from, Monday through Thursday, from 7:30 to 10:30. I believe it would take a couple of nights to prep at the most. The ground is already pretty flat and pretty packed down. I have the shovels. Once we have the site prepped, I will need some assistance laying the sheets of cobblestone down. The installation should take one to two nights at the most. I will rent a compacter.

I would like to find someone with experience doing this kind of work if possible. PM me or email me to talk about the pay. I will pay cash each night. The time frame will be some nights to prep in November and some nights to install in December.

Thanks,

Andrew

The job location is in Raleigh, NC, just inside the beltline near Crabtree Valley Mall.
 
Hey I am willing to stop by and lend a hand...

I have no experience...but I will work and help to learn

Reason: I want to do this in my backyard and pratice make perfect :)

let me know what days and I will let you know if i can make it those days...
 
Ken,

Very cool. We can build one at my house and then go build one at your house.

I will be in touch.

Andrew
 
That looks pretty cool. We're planning a brick patio in our backyard, already dug it out but had to put it on hold while we made more important repairs to the structures.

My one comment would be that if you mortar all the pavers, you need to consider drainage. Since you mentioned it is already "pretty" flat, you may not have to do much work to the existing grade to make sure water will move, but you have to account for where all the water will go if it rains hard (not that we remember what that looks like) or snows and then melts. If water sits, much less freezes and thaws, it will damage the pavers.

Good luck with it!
 
Keep us updated. I have put down a bunch of pavers in my time and done a bunch of related work. Depending on your dates I might be able to help. Make sure you give your neighbors a heads up. Those compactors aren't quiet.
 
trailhugger said:
you have to account for where all the water will go if it rains hard (not that we remember what that looks like) or snows and then melts. If water sits, much less freezes and thaws, it will damage the pavers.
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Yup... Good point 'hugger.

Before you lay the pavers in, you may want to dig in some small drainage trenches with some of the ole tried & true corrugated black plastic drain pipe.
 
Since you are using mortar, I don't think trenches will work without installing a drain somewhere in the center... attached to the drain pipe underneath that kilby mentioned. OR leave those areas without mortar and fill with sand... dunno if you will be able to see the difference in that and it may look like crap.

OR, depending on the size, you can slope it to one edge and bury perforated drain pipe running to an even lower point to move the water away from the area... makes a nice place for a planting bed.
 
^^^
That's how I did mine. I built some fall into it so "large" amounts of water run off into the yard. In theory... haven't really tested it yet cuz it's only 6 months old.

I also did not use mortar... just levelling sand and some landscape timber to hold it in place.
 
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