Twas the Day Before Christmas

The workers decided to come back to wrap things up before Christmas. They finished the walls, cleaned up all their stuff and installed the lighting. At this point most of the patio is complete, they just have some grout work on the walls and then need to fill in between the stones in the patio. They also plan to do some landscaping around the patio - when this happens will depend on how the weather is over the next few weeks/months. Therefore the frequency of these posts may significantly slow down.

Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year to all ! ! !

The finishing touches on the main wall - covered to protect from the elements on Wednesday evening


You can see the orange spray paint marking the location of the landscaping bed that will go behind this wall


Main patio area


Firepit area. You can also (barely) make out the orange spray paint around this tree marking another landscaping bed area.

They leveled out the ground on the side of the house so it slopes away from the house rather than towards the basement.

Another view of the fireplace area

Behind the wall of the fireplace area

Lighting was installed on Thursday in the main wall

Lights were also installed in the beds around the main patio area. The black box to the right of the door will control the lights

Lights installed on the posts near the firepit and also in the beds along the house

Firepit area from the other side

Patio Work Continues

A few more days of work this week. I think they are now done until after Christmas.

The main wall is basically done - the tops were put on this week.


The firepit area is coming along well


Another view of the firepit area


Firepit area from the other side

The back part of the firepit area

The main patio area

Work Continued into the Weekend

The main wall is nearly complete. The top of the wall was cut and can be seen in front of the wall in this picture

Another picture of the main wall

More work occurred on the firepit

Including a small first fire that the workers created to keep warm

The wall near the firepit is nearly complete

A view of the entire patio

More Progress on the Steps and Firepit

They completed the steps and started work on the firepit today.

Step into the garage


Larger step into the addition

Firepit

The patio goes right up against the house here where we connect the hose to the water faucet

More work on the firepit

The exterior of the fire pit wall

The view of the firepit from the other side of the wall

One more view of the fire pit area

A view back towards the main part of the patio

Cold Weather has Slowed the Progress

It has been too cold to do any patio work over the last few days, but it finally got warm enough today for some more work to commence.

The stone on the main wall is nearly complete now


The firepit area is starting to take shape


Another shot of the firepit


The step into the garage

The step into the addition

Walls Continue

They have made some good progress on the walls

Week 1 is Complete

Leslie made the workers cookies and coffee today so they were too busy relaxing to make too much progress.


The block veneer on the walls is just getting started

Doing some work to regrade the side of the addition so that it slopes away from the house

Patio from another angle

Close up shot of the block veneer on the wall

Edge of the patio being put into place

Step being built

Step from the main patio to the fire pit area

More Work on the Blocks

Cutting the blocks for the edge of the patio


Step forming by the entrance to the addition


Location of the firepit (which will eventually be round) can be seen in the patio


Another picture of the firepit area