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Raised Paver Patio Installation by Vicky Smith
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Raised patios are a practical and attractive landscaping solution if you want to install a patio in a low-lying yard or one with poor drainage. Building a raised patio entails the same steps as building a ground-level patio, only you need to first build up the foundation with retaining sandstone walls. Constructing the walls may take several days, depending on the type of stone you use and the height of the patio. Instructions as follows: Firstly, measure your chosen site and consider if it will be large enough to satisfy your needs. Trace the perimeter of the site with landscape paint and transplant any grass or plants growing in the site. Secondly, use a square tile spade to cut straight lines along the paint. Dig out a trench that is 12 inches wide and 6 inches below the lowest-lying area. Place a level on the soil and dig until the surface is level. Pound a hand tamper over the entire trench to stabilise the ground. Thirdly, spread gravel over the bottom over the trench until it is 4 inches thick, and level it with the back of a shovel. Press the tamper over the sand gravel until the surface doesn't shift. Fourthly, mix mortar with 1 part cement, 4 parts sand and enough water to make a stiff, brownie-batter texture. Fifthly, transfer the mortar onto the gravel with a trowel, working in 4-foot sections at a time. Smooth the mortar and begin to set the first course of stones into it. Continue adding mortar and setting stones until the first course is finished all the way around. Sixthly, spread a 1/4-inch layer of mortar over the first course of stones and on the sides of the stones you are placing. Set the second course, offsetting the joints so that each top stone overlaps the joint of two cubic stones beneath. Run a concave jointer tool over every joint to remove excess mortar and give the retaining walls a neat look. Seventhly, build up the raised patio walls on all sides, laying one course at a time. Wait two days for the mortar to set. Eighthly, use gravel to fill up the cavity formed by the retaining walls, pouring 3-inch layers at a time and tamping the surface before adding the next layer. Cease adding gravel when the surface is 2 inches from the top of the walls plus the depth of the patio stones. Ninthly, pour coarse sand over the gravel, tamp it and continue adding sand until it is level and 2 inches thick. Tenthly, scoop the mortar with the trowel and spread no more than a 1/4-inch layer on the sides of your first patio paver. Press the paver in a corner of the surface so the top is level with the top side of the retaining wall. Continue setting the pavers, spreading mortar on all sides and removing the excess that squeezes between the joints. Wipe off excess mortar as you work and run the joint tool over each joint. Finally, let me have a short conclusion. As a well-known business E-platform of promoting stone industry, our client resource has accounted over 100 thousand spreading more than 100 countries and regions, with a visit volume exceeding 5 million times annually. If you are really interested in us and want to consult us freely, you can also see church or become a loyal follower of us by @ https://twitter.com/stonebtb.
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