From Deck to Patio: Construction
Under the deck was a lot of bricks. Formerly there was a kitchen window instead of the sliding doors but in 1991 we had the window enlarged to make an exit from the kitchen. This was preferable to going through the family room to use the barbeque. The people who took out the bricks for the door left them under the deck they built. Under the bricks and boards were the animal tunnels.
Early in the morning digging out the soil for the foundation of the patio. They began work just after 7:00 AM.
The grape vines had a lot of roots under the deck. I had them take out one grape vine. Paul was not sure if this was a good idea.
This is the drainage that had been put in 35 years ago to drain the backyard. It drained towards the house and was connected to the eavestrough.
This window well is right under the kitchen patio sliding door. It had been covered by the deck and had a trap door in case we needed to access the window well. A lot of soil had washed into it. This is where we found the decomposing, dead raccoon in the spring.
They dug out the window well to the drain that was in it, lined it with brick and filled it with "clean gravel".
Because the backyard sloped toward the house, water drained toward the house. We decided to put in a drain in the middle of the patio which would then drain water into a "Dutch Well" at the side of the house.
Looking from the backyard as they lay the pipe to drain the water from the patio down the side of our house to the "Dutch Well". Our neighbour's house is on the left.
Covering the trench with landscape fabric before filing it in.
Pouring the stone, which comes from Niagara-on -the Lake, into the "Dutch Well". Apparently this stone does not pack as closely as crushed gravel. A neighbour from down the street liked this washed stone so much that I found him picking up some from the pile where it had been stored in front of our house to use in his flower pots.
The "Dutch Well" at the side of the house is supposed to hold 40 gallons of water... or is it 8o?
Early in the morning digging out the soil for the foundation of the patio. They began work just after 7:00 AM.
The grape vines had a lot of roots under the deck. I had them take out one grape vine. Paul was not sure if this was a good idea.
This is the drainage that had been put in 35 years ago to drain the backyard. It drained towards the house and was connected to the eavestrough.
This window well is right under the kitchen patio sliding door. It had been covered by the deck and had a trap door in case we needed to access the window well. A lot of soil had washed into it. This is where we found the decomposing, dead raccoon in the spring.
They dug out the window well to the drain that was in it, lined it with brick and filled it with "clean gravel".
This is the brace for the concrete step that is to go over the window well. I cleaned the window after this photo.
Because the backyard sloped toward the house, water drained toward the house. We decided to put in a drain in the middle of the patio which would then drain water into a "Dutch Well" at the side of the house.
Looking from the backyard as they lay the pipe to drain the water from the patio down the side of our house to the "Dutch Well". Our neighbour's house is on the left.
Covering the trench with landscape fabric before filing it in.
Pouring the stone, which comes from Niagara-on -the Lake, into the "Dutch Well". Apparently this stone does not pack as closely as crushed gravel. A neighbour from down the street liked this washed stone so much that I found him picking up some from the pile where it had been stored in front of our house to use in his flower pots.
The "Dutch Well" at the side of the house is supposed to hold 40 gallons of water... or is it 8o?
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