Backyard Paradise: Open Floor Plan for the Great Outdoors

This week, we’re in Charlotte, North Carolina, to create a phenomenal out of doors space for our Yard Paradise contest winners.

Courtney Claugus was chosen because the fortunate winner of our Yard Paradise contest, so we’re giving her and her husband Adam’s yard a makeover with assist from our mates at Quikrete and Pavestone.

Learn on to find out about a number of the initiatives we tackled. 

Construct Two Paver Patios

Two is best than one! And on this, case, two paver patios supply more room for out of doors dwelling! 

We designate one patio for seating and one other for eating — like an open ground plan for the good outdoor.  

Crews from Quikrete, Pavestone and a neighborhood building firm construct the twin patio setup. The primary patio extends from the prevailing concrete patio, and the second is on the opposite facet of the home. 

They first lay out the footprint for the patios, then add 4 inches of paver base to determine the inspiration.

After compacting the paver base, they add one inch of paver sand, then use a stage to make the floor even.

The patios are constructed with Pavestone’s Avant XL pavers. These massive, 16-by-16-inch patio stones have the look of enormous format plank pavers. The false joints on the grey pavers create clear strains, in order that they go effectively with Adam and Courtney’s contemporary-style house. So as to add some line selection, the crew rotated every paver to create crisscrossed strains.

As soon as the massive pavers are laid, the crew marks a line the place the border will start and lower it with a concrete noticed. Then, they lay the smaller border pavers in a soldier course sample. 

The final step is filling the joints. We use a granite screening to enrich the pavers in addition to the home’s coloration. for positive. 

After the patios are full, we place a couple of pavers between them to create stepping stones, so the 2 are united.

Construct Out of doors Fire

Each seating space wants a focus, so we construct an outside hearth.

We use Pavestone’s Rumblestone Out of doors Fire Package in Greystone. Earlier than we assemble the fireside, we lay eight inches of paver base, compacting it in layers, so now we have a sturdy basis.  

Constructing this hearth is easy as a result of the equipment features a set of color-coded drawings that element which blocks go the place on every step.

We don’t want any mortar to construct this hearth as a result of the blocks are held in place utilizing Quikrete Superior Polymer Building Adhesive.

As soon as the fireside is constructed, we add a mantel utilizing a recycled piece of wooden. It softens up the arduous edges of the stone and warms up the area.

Set up Shade Sail

The paver patio for eating provides little shade, so we set up a shade sail to make the realm extra comfy.

First, we dig holes for our two 6-by-6 posts that may assist the shade sail. We set wooden posts within the floor utilizing Quikrete Quick-Setting Concrete, then encompass them with pavers to match the patio.

To match the posts to the home columns, we stain items of rough-sawn cedar and wrap them over the wooden columns. Earlier than we nail the wooden over the posts, we add some spacers to maintain the cedar planks from bowing. Wrapping these 6-by-6 posts not solely makes them look bigger, but it surely additionally hides the cracks which might be inevitable with strong posts. 

To affix the 2 columns, we construct a horizontal field beam with longer items of 1-by-8-inch cedar on the bottom earlier than we elevate it into place.

Subsequent, we connect two hooks to the highest of the posts for half of our shade sail, then connect one other two to the facet of the home for the opposite two corners of the shade sail.

Then, we set up these hooks barely increased to offer the shade sail a slope and match the angle of the roof. 

Watch: Putting in a Shade Sail 

Submit-Manufacturing Ideas

Courtney and Adam had a pleasant yard, however they didn’t have a lot out of doors dwelling area to get pleasure from it. With only a small coated concrete pad and a few chairs, their out of doors entertaining effectively was fairly restricted.

Now they haven’t one however two nice Pavestone patios that provide loads of area for leisure. One is simply the proper measurement for out of doors eating below the duvet of the shade sail we added, and the opposite provides an enormous area to loosen up with mates.

The Rumblestone hearth provides a focus with a great deal of character and is certain to be very fashionable on these chilly nights. Plus, the massive format pavers complement the up to date house’s coloration and character.

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