New Patio

For the past few summers I have wanted to enlarge our patio. This spring William and I decided that we would do it this summer. We talked to Dan, our do-it-all man, and he planned on helping us but his health didn't cooperate. So we hired it out to a cement company that came by to give us a bid just after the 4th of July. William thought I was bold when I asked if it could be done by the 24th of July. Well, they got it done a few days before the 24th. William had scraped out the lawn and lowered the space earlier in the summer. The cement guys framed it up on one afternoon.

Gravel was added for the base.

The next morning we had a cement truck out front. Where are the grandkids when we need them? They would have been entertained all morning.

The cement truck couldn't get to the backyard so one man ran the cement pump, one man ran the chute by guiding the cement into the wheelbarrows, three younger men took turns running the wheelbarrows and dumping the cement and one man was smoothing the cement.

The cement relay lasted about 1/2 hour. The wheelbarrow guys said this was an easy job since the path was in the shade and downhill when the wheelbarrows were full. The lawn has recovered from the wear and tear.

We were told that we could lightly walk on it that night but not to drive on it for a week. We stayed off for a few days and don't think that we will need to ever drive on it. The lawn was a bit low on the south side so some of the extra dirt was left there. We are waiting for the lawn to fill in!

We have had one dinner on the patio and look forward to more parties out there.