Finally ! Something that we are go to see . After the last few calendar week of toil ditch and drains and a whole luck of piece of work that only gets bury – we began to lie the brick for the b pergola patio .
Piles of reclaimed brick are a pretty vulgar site around the farm – it will be decent to eventually see them put to apply .
All of the brick for the project is reclaimed from sites all over Ohio . A large part came from the brick floor to my daddy ’s sure-enough b and the Cardington , Ohio barn we deplume down late last summer . Still more from old brick terrace in Columbus and Zanesville , Ohio . The end outcome is a large hoard of brick that we hope to blend into a really unique pergola patio flooring .
Piles of reclaimed brick are a pretty common site around the farm – it will be nice to finally see them put to use.
We tested several patterns to get the right fit and appear with the rescued brick
When we first built the b late last yr – we had put down a good 3 to 5 inch base of limestone screening . It ’s fundamentally the limestone rubble that is left over when prey separate the various sizes of Rock through screen door . It ’s a really cheap mathematical product ( about $ 5.00 / ton ) – and is outstanding to use for a base fabric of patios and walkway . It fills and levels easily , and once it ’s down and gets wet – it lock down and turn into a concrete - corresponding base . That really helped give us a head start on the patio . We but add up a few more in of the screenings to level it and then pack it down to give us a arrant working control surface .
End of Day 1 . About one - third of the patio is down . I ’m sure work today will go much dense with sore knees and backs ! 🙂
We tested several patterns to get the right fit and look with the reclaimed brick
So with a short drawing string – a grade – and a whole hatful of reclaimed bricks – we get down to build it . One thing is for sure , when your working with rescued brick from all over – nothing will ever fit “ perfectly ” . We had to experiment for a while with the form to decide on the look we wanted . We in the end decided to use a soldier course around the perimeter using dad ’s sure-enough brick – and then satisfy in the main patio area with the flushed fired brick .
We work last evening for about 3 60 minutes -and made pretty ripe progress -about 1/3 of the main terrace country is down . Hopefully , by the end of the weekend -we can fill in between with mason sand – set down a pair of table and chairs … and decompress ! Oh wait – that ’s veracious – we still have to brick the whole barn ! Oh well , all in time … ..
Looking down from the garden at the progress on the patio .
End of Day 1. About one-third of the patio is down. I’m sure work today will go much slower with sore knees and backs! 🙂
Looking down from the garden at the progress on the patio.
