Backyard, Part 1, Pavers

This summer we are working on our backyard, finally.  Getting started and making a plan was the hardest thing (Bill may not agree). 

We've decided to put in a patio, then a small lawn and some bushes. 

Before.

Here's Bill starting work.

First thing to go in is the patio.  There is a lot of work to prepare for a patio. 

First digging down 8" to make the area level and create enough room for the

base materials..

Then leveling and adding the base gravel and packing it down.

Next came the piers for the pergola and the sand. 

Bill had to tamp down the sand next.

Then level the sand...

...unload the brick... 

 

...and lay the first brick.

Once the pavers were all layed, Bill put in the edging to keep them in place.

Ok.  I didn't do any of the digging but I did haul a lot of pavers and I layed a few also,

but Bill did the majority of the work.  And except for a few that needed to be

cut to size, we did the pavers in one day.