They started putting in the walkway from the driveway to the front door today. Here is how they did it. First they dug out the hole for it about 8″ deep.
You can see in the photo above that the first granite step is already in place.They had to put in two steps to make the design work. I wonder what a 5 foot granite step costs? Oh well.
They did some of the digging with the back hoe, and some of it with the Bobcat.
They tamped the dirt down to the level of the first step.
Next, the fine stone dust went in.
Then they placed the second granite step.
They filled the hole with stone until it came up nearly to the top of the second step.
Below is a photo of the walkway up by the front door.
Then the coarse stone went in.
Tamp it down.
Sand went on top of the stone.
Raked and leveled.
Finally, the pavers showed up.
Well, that is all the photos I have. They put the pavers in after lunch, and my photographer got hungry. Anyway, we went back to the house after I got home from work to see the walkway, which was mostly done, but it was really dark by then, and it looked something like this:
OK. That’s an exaggeration. But I didn’t get any good photos of the walkway tonight, so you will just have to come back later to see it.
The other thing that happened today was that they delivered a whole ….uh… truck-load of dirt.
That will go under our new lawn.
For us to mow.
And fertilize.
And rake leaves off of.
I wonder if they can make the patio a little larger.