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Completed this this past August. The before pictures are horrible, but it gives you an idea of how bad the back of the house was looking. Removed 3 out of control trees and replaced the old cracked up concrete patio with a nice ep henry one. I cant take all the credit for the work. I had my cousin who is a pro hardscaper helping me and teaching me as we went along. Learned enough from this rear project to feel comfortable on my own come time to do the front patio. Let me tell you, this job was a real PITA. Sucks living in a town home and not being able to access the rear with any kind of machinery. All the work was performed by hand, removing the old and carrying in the new. Sorry for the huge pictures i couldnt find a way to scale them down.
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Here is the front patio i took on myself. Turned out pretty nice. I want to find some nice chairs and a table to sit out on and next spring im putting a garden in front of it with something to cover the hideous gas meter.
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good job…..
Coming out really nice man!
great looking work!
nice job man.
that white cable, are those x-mas lights or just a tv-cable ? 😛
That looks really nice Wtfpanther. You could put like a really low fence to block off the ugly gas meter. I do like pavers over concrete though. It’s just more aesthetically pleasing.
ya that meter is kinda a eye sore. as well as the ac unit. fence it 😛
Looks awesome! You should of buried the cable that goes around the back door.
That looks awesome. It can be such a tedious job, but in the end it is so worth it.
madman_us wrote:
nice job man.
that white cable, are those x-mas lights or just a tv-cable ? 😛
ahh thats my verizon cable, thats another project when the weather gets nicer.
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Great lookin’ pavers. Those things are nice!
Nice work
Looks great. No doubt it’s a lot of work.
I put a 12’x16′ paver patio in about 7 years ago. Did all of the excavation by hand. It felt very counterproductive to dig a giant hole only to fill it back in with base material.
looks good. i would probably switch the door to an opposite side swing.
Xc600. Looking good man. Nice work
Beautiful job Xc600! Is it PT for the decking?
NERemodeling wrote:
Xc600. Looking good man. Nice work
Thanks!
ChrisK1970 wrote:
Beautiful job Xc600! Is it PT for the decking?
Yes. That pic was from last year when I was stripping the roof on the garage. I had just pressure washed the deck so it was looking good.
The deck is about 10 years and we did that as well.. I have a couple of boards that are starting to rot and need to be replaced.
It’s always a great accomplishment when u do it yourself