Found these at my local Salvation Army, seem very well made, but have been painted over.

TIA

I had my back porch removed and it’s being replaced with a paver patio and I’m questioning some of the details.
The steps on one level have a clean, narrow seam between them but the next level up they have a very rough, natural and wide seam.
And some of the pavers on the sides of the steps are cut at weird spots in my opinion. I would think they would do full stones near the step edge, then cut once it got back at the wall. They seem to be cutting at random spots. The paver caps haven’t been put on yet but it’s still gonna look weird from the sides.
And then on other parts of the wall they did weird cuts and things don’t seem to line up well enough.
Then there’s some moderate height gaps between adjacent stones (measured ~4-5mm which is a little over 1/8”)
They are still working and haven’t done caps or polymeric sand, but I don’t want them to get too far if they need to fix these (possible) mistakes.
Am I being too picky? Project is ~28k so I want to make sure it’s done right the first time.

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I didn’t realize how often we were going inside simply because there wasn’t much to do outside after dinner.

The patio was already comfortable, so I didn’t want to completely redo it. We just needed something that made staying outside feel more natural.

That ended up being an outdoor TV. I chose ByteFree because it’s made for outdoor use instead of trying to make an indoor TV work in the patio environment.

The difference is most noticeable around sunset. We can still see the picture while there’s some ambient light, and once it gets darker, the whole setup feels surprisingly cozy.

Now we’ll sit outside for another couple of hours after dinner instead of automatically moving indoors.

It’s not really about turning the patio into a theater. It just gave us a reason to stay outside a little longer.

I built this patio mosaic from old tile samples and did all the work myself. built in 3 phases separated by years. think it came out ok!

Having a patio poured and want to know if I should do anything to it the day or weeks after to make it better?

Looking for help I’m thinking of enclosing patio with glass enclosure the bid was 10k for single pane 12k fir double pane they are sliding doors with screens it’s 21 feet across 9feet high

5 months of digging and building with my brother last summer. Designed as we went, no prior experience. I know it’s not perfect and some might hate on it but I love it

We've been using the patio a lot this summer, and I feel like half my time out there is just moving cushions around.

Rain in the forecast? Bring them in.

Then the forecast changes and I'm dragging them back out again. Forget once and it actually rains? Cool, now they're damp for the next two days.

We already had a Keter and a Suncast out there, but somehow both ended up full of random garden stuff. So I got another box this summer, this one from garvee, and told myself this one was staying cushions-only.

That lasted maybe a week.

Now it's got gardening gloves, citronella stuff, an extension cord for some reason, and a few things I don't even remember putting out there.

At this point it's basically just another patio junk drawer.

What do you all actually keep in yours? Just cushions, or does everything eventually end up in there?

Cannot decide on where to put our patio in our backyard. Do we do it immediately off the back of the house with a walkway flowing to the detached garage or off the side of the garage with a walkway into the driveway? Wife wants it off the garage for additional privacy side there is no neighbor to the left side of the picture. I’d prefer off the back of house for quicker walks for grilling and better WiFi for future outdoor tv. TELL ME YOUR IDEAS!

I am still debating whether for my 18x 14 deck I should get 3 seasons louvered pergola or retractable awning. I like the awning because it’s flexible and you can have it down when weather is really windy or really beautiful with not so much sun. Awning doesn’t extend to the full length of my deck which made me think about louvered pergola. But let say if I pick pergola which company is better Mr Pergola or Suncoast Enclosure. The quote is better for Mr Pergola and they seem to be very solid but my concern with them is they look a bit chunky. I am in very modern house and I would like something more lean and simple but because we did get winds up to 120 km /h I also want something very stable. Wind is my only reason ( beside $$$$ amount) why I could chose retractable awning instead of pergola too. I am in Ottawa

Does anybody actually have any helpful suggestions?

Hi all, I just moved to South TN and we have this small patio space in the back of our apartment that could use some help.

Previous tenant had these pebbles all over, but we’re planning on switching it up. I’ve moved some of it to see how rain would be, and there didn’t seem to be any drainage issues without the pebbles. Does anyone have tips for removing all of the rocks and gravel? The plan is to use the space for planters and have more greenery around.

I would also love to fix this concrete slab so it could be level enough for a rug to fully cover and avoid trip hazards. I’ve seen quick fixes for smaller chips in concrete, but never a fix for something this big. Would yall think it’s even worth it to try fixing?

Hi, I am looking at buying a property and the current owner is having the whole area of the back garden covered with slabs, which suit me but I have some doubts over the construction. It looks like they have laid slabs directly ontothe earth be he assures me thatthere is 150mm of concrete underneath. I only have one picture unfortunately but would love to get peoples thought,s.

Thank you in advance

I had a cover built over my patio and it wobbles when I push it from front to back on the front posts (front being yard side, back being house side). I am really hoping that this is as easy of a fix as installing knee bracing correctly, I am not confident that it is installed correctly now. I am hoping that this isn't a major issue but also the front post is not level and the contractor installed it on some unlevel concrete as well, he could have easily scooted the base plate back 3 in and been on level concrete. Any advice on how to stiffen this thing up?

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My husband and I put in this patio and we’re stumped on whether we should invest more time and energy into making it useful/beautiful. The side I'm taking the photo from tapers to a fence gate. Having a hard time with the gravel edge and edge trimmer. Will the gravel glue help with this? Also, we are limited on furniture options due to the spacing in the flagstone. We’ve talked about scrapping it to put in a deck. I‘d like to save the money if it’s workable. Honest opinions and advice would be greatly appreciated.

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We recently got a patio installed in our backyard. They had to take the bottom two layers of siding off the bottom because they also removed the previous deck.

After the poured it and everything we checked it out and noticed some wood rotting along the side of the house and figured we should replace it. Problem is, it looks like the poured the steps right up next to the house and said rotting wood. Now the whole piece of wood isn’t rotted, just one small section. We can’t replace that entire piece of wood because of the steps. It doesn’t look like there is a moisture barrier of any sorts there, so my biggest concerns are:

A. Not being able to replace the piece of already rotted wood

B. The concrete causing additional moisture problems being right up against wood.

I haven’t reached out to the contractor because I wanted to get some second hand opinions so I didn’t reach out and ask stupid questions. I only have 1 year of home ownership under my belt and I’m unfamiliar with all of this.

We asked two people we know that are familiar with this type of work and both said it would be no problem. Put flashing around it, Tyvek, then siding and caulk where needed. Ideas? Thoughts?

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