Installing A Patio

By far, this is the biggest adventure for Miss Fix it.  Installing my back concrete patio was not an easy job, however I did complete it by myself.

Below are pictures during the process.  Remember to Rate My Space. 

I first started out by measuring for my desired patio size.  Once, I was happy wih 8x8 -- I made another trip to Lowes.  Lowes must be happy to see me coming.  Here's what I brought:

Cement
Cement Form
Stones
Sand
Tray (to mix the cement)

The entire project was less than $150 and my sweat.

Very important - Be sure to pitch the patio slighty away from the house (digging - 6 inches).  You don't water standing on your patio.  On to the cement and the cement form.  I first mixed the cement in the tray.  Each form took one bag of cement.  Lay sand and began pouring the cement mixture into the form (one block at a time).  It took about a week, but I got all 16 blocks in place.  After drying, I sweap the blocks with sand.

The stones I purchase were used as a border.  You can skip this part.

Remember -- Rate my space and be nice.  This was hard.