tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015700541416215742.post7399410981967769017..comments2024-03-07T08:49:53.380-05:00Comments on In the Little Yellow House: Patio Building: Digging outalissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02700783855071567533noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015700541416215742.post-72284421539468088552011-07-20T10:07:39.837-04:002011-07-20T10:07:39.837-04:00That's actually a really good question - but w...That's actually a really good question - but we had a lot of reasons for skipping that small section between the patio and the driveway. Our biggest issue was the grade - in order for the patio pavers to be the right height to match the cement slab (which is the proper height for the bottom of the deck stairs) and slope away from the house at 1/4" per foot - the pavers against the house have to be significantly higher than the driveway. While we debated just having a step down to the driveway like a curb, we quickly realized that the taller pavers would prevent the driveway gate from ever fully opening again. Also our next door neighbor is a contractor and when he saw our project, he mentioned that we have to be very careful when excavating next to the driveway so that we don't disturb the driveway base and subsequently do damage to the driveway. So based on that recommendation we made sure that the small part that connects the driveway to the patio on the other end was only dug down until we hit the driveway base. Our third reason was out of sheer laziness - we didn't want to have to do a curve and make all those curved paver cuts! <br /><br />The plan for that small section is to pull up the grass and mulch the area with either cedar mulch or pea gravel and plant a row of something like tiny boxwoods. No mowing required!alissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02700783855071567533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015700541416215742.post-38062065988242570372011-07-19T10:00:52.509-04:002011-07-19T10:00:52.509-04:00Random question (and don't hit me for saying t...Random question (and don't hit me for saying this), but why didn't you do the patio all the way to the edge of the driveway?? Is Mike going to "mow" the strip of grass on the edge?? LOL<br /><br />shanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com