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Patio - work in progress

Work has begun on the patio...

patio-wflowers.png,The plan.. I knocked this template up in Inkscape...

dscf1212.png,2 pallets of natural stone and 1 ton of ballast..

dscf1213.png,Another pallet of natural stone, 125kg of cement and 125kg of sand

dscf1214.png,The obligatory "before" shot..

dscf1224.png,My dad, working hard at what I should be helping him do..if I weren't taking pictures..

dscf1227.png,My dad and I now both working, Amy taking the photo. Thanks amy. : /

dscf1228.png,Getting there..only 5cm x 15m squared to go.

dscf1229.png,He had 41 spirit levels before that one, that's level 42

dscf1230.png,Offering up the slabs to the steps to see what it'll look like. Hmm...not quite right...

dscf1231.png,The boss, taking a break from supplying us with tea and home-made scones and enjoying the weather.

dscf1232.png,The bottom step was looking at us funny, so we took it out...

dscf1235.png,Making sure the patio slopes away from the house.

dscf1236.png,Slightly more excavated at this stage..

dscf1238.png,Whoops! (Making firewood of the steps...for great benefit)

dscf1239.png,Making good use of the car jack left by the previous occupants!

dscf1240.png,End of day 2, shuttering in place (stops concrete overflowing into places you don't want it)

dscf1241.png,More shuttering beneath the deck.

dscf1242.png,Gate raised up and more shuttering along the straight edge and round the corner.

dscf1244.png,Someone's quite happy with it just as it is!

dscf1245.png,Early day 3 (Bank Holiday Monday), mixing the first barrow load of concrete

dscf1247.png,Concrete laid round the steps

dscf1250.png,Slightly more laid...almost half done...

dscf1252.png,Rounding the corner...

dscf1253.png,Nearly...

dscf1255.png,Almost to the gate..

dscf1257.png,Ah...how do we get out?

dscf1259.png,Day 4 after starting work (Tueday 28th August)

dscf1278.png,The first stone laid...

dscf1290.png,A few more laid...

dscf1295.png,Tada!! All the whole ones stuck now...just the awkward ones to go...

dscf1298.png,Most stuck down...different angle, you can see where the curve will be...

dscf1325.png,Biggest of the ones we had to cut, by the steps..

dscf1328.png,The corner...nice.

dscf1326.png,Nearly there...

dscf1331.png,That stone needs to go round that post...

dscf1330.png,Booyah! It fits.

dscf1333.png,That..right there, is where the last stone is going...

dscf1334.png,Ooooh, the last stone laid..

dscf1335.png,Some final tweaking...

dscf1336.png,Bedding it down on the cement...

dscf1337.png,Okay, there's showmanship, but this is just getting tedious now...

dscf1340.png,Woohoo!

dscf1339.png,Nice, shot from ground-level.

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