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10-30-2014, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by tacocat

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Originally Posted by WhrDLMI' timestamp='1414681646' post='23388050

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[quote name='tacocat' timestamp='1414680140' post='23388018']
Installing a paver patio seems easy enough....

It is installing all the ones next to it and the ones next to those ones and the ones next to those ones that is really hard.

Why are you planning to install so many patios?

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One paver doth not a patio make.

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Watched a video on youtube. Looks like, as in most trades, preparation is the key. My paver guy wants 6k to install a 20x20. I have to price the materials, but I think I can do it myself for half that. But then...I have to rent the auto tamper, and live with any mistakes I make. Decisions, decisions.

I'm not going to do anything in the backyard until the addition is done. Bobcats and patios don't mix well.

But then again, they are building stairs down from the door. Those stairs have to land on something.

Ughhh.
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You will probably have to put a concrete footer under the stairs. IIRC, a bed of pavers will not meet code. The good news is that you can use that footer as your starting point for your pavers.

10-30-2014, 07:20 AM

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That's highway robbery!

10-30-2014, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by TopGear

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Originally Posted by WhrDLMI' timestamp='1414681646' post='23388050

It is installing all the ones next to it and the ones next to those ones and the ones next to those ones that is really hard.

Why are you planning to install so many patios?

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One paver doth not a patio make.

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I was just being pedantic.

Zeke said it looked easy to install a paver patio (a whole patio), not a patio paver (a single brick)
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I didn't read it right. You would be correct, sir.

10-30-2014, 07:23 AM

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I was just being pedantic.

Zeke said it looked easy to install a paver patio (a whole patio), not a patio paver (a single brick)

Sometimes it is best to just let Jeff moan and lick the windows in the corner.

10-30-2014, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by tacocat' timestamp='1414682214' post='23388062

[quote name='WhrDLMI' timestamp='1414681646' post='23388050']
[quote name='TopGear' timestamp='1414681455' post='23388042']
[quote name='WhrDLMI' timestamp='1414681247' post='23388038']
[quote name='tacocat' timestamp='1414680140' post='23388018']
Installing a paver patio seems easy enough....

It is installing all the ones next to it and the ones next to those ones and the ones next to those ones that is really hard.

Why are you planning to install so many patios?

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One paver doth not a patio make.

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AND IT SHOULD BE SQUARE, DAMMIT!!!