Pavers Patio rejuvenated in Ann Arbor
Early this past week, we restored a
brick paver patio in Ann Arbor that the past homeowner neglected and installed themselves. The new homeowner was renovating the house and wanted to restore the current
pavers patio to its original beauty and function.
The existing
pavers patio had settled in several spots and the outside soldier course had creeped out and sunk. The
brick paver joints where full of dirt, moss, grass, and soot from water puddling areas. This
paving stone patio also pitched back towards the house and did not have any
paver edge restraint. The new homeowner was finishing their walk out basement and the
pavers patio was a necessary part of their entertaining and enjoyment.
To save the customer some money, I suggested we reuse the current
tumble pavers named
Old World Vintage which is produced by Fendt in Michigan. The homeowner wanted to expand the size of the
pavers patio to accommodate a newly purchased hot tub. We did inspect the current
paver base material and found it to be sufficient for reinstalling. This also saved the customer a considerable cost.
We lifted up the current
paving stones, power washed them off, excavated the additional areas to be paved, install the proper
base material in the new areas, and recompacted the existing base. We added additional
base material to properly pitch the
pavers patio out into the yard and away from the house.
Because the homeowner had increased the size of the existing
pavers patio design, I suggested that we purchase some more Old World Vintage and use the new
paving stones as the
soldier course border for framing. This
paver design approach would give us enough square feet of
paving stone to complete the
pavers patio new dimensions and give the overall appearance some consistency.
We reinstalled the existing
paving stones with the new pavers for the soldier course border and the end result was spectacular! The
pavers patio was properly pitched out from the house to the yard and a
cement bead edge restraint was installed. The new
paver soldier course border gave a fresh new look and texture that improved the overall appearance of this
patio.
We finished off the project with
paver joint sand after using the
plate compactor to create lock up of the
paving stones. We left the homeowner an extra
bag of paver joint sand for any future touch ups this Fall. We instructed the customer to wait until next Spring to either
seal their
pavers patio or
re-sweep in regular joint sand or polymeric sand.
We spent about a half hour after the
pavers patio was completed educating the homeowner on future
brick paver maintenance requirements,
sealing or
polymeric sand options, and the landscape needs around the outside of the
patio borders. After receiving a hearty handshake and hug from the homeowners, we reminded them we enjoy outdoor parties and hot tubs too!
