Patio Projection {The Plans}
From some of the responses I received when I posted this photo on Instagram, I gathered that y'all all powerfulness direct maintain thought nosotros were only doing a niggling patio decor makeover.
Well, my friends, y'all were wrong. We're doing a major patio overhaul!
We've thought long in addition to difficult virtually what nosotros wanted to practise amongst the infinite nosotros direct maintain inward our dorsum yard. There's plenty of room for a pool, in addition to nosotros went dorsum in addition to forth on that idea. While it would last squeamish directly equally the kids are inward their teen years, ultimately nosotros didn't desire the daily maintenance or expense of a pool- peculiarly since nosotros direct maintain a neighborhood puddle only a few blocks away.
However, nosotros practise entertain fairly often, in addition to decided that nosotros wanted to extend our infinite outdoors in addition to expand the usable infinite at that topographic point for a spacious, functional outdoor living area.
As I mentioned inward my first patio post, Emily's porch at Eleven Gables has been a huge inspiration for what nosotros wanted to do. Emily is a talented designer, able to blueprint in addition to line upwardly plans from foursquare i for whatever edifice project, in addition to she's been form plenty to walk me through this remodel. If you're local to the Oklahoma City tube surface area in addition to demand blueprint piece of work done, Emily's your girl! We're willing to tackle our fair portion of DIY projects, but nosotros decided to move out this i to the pros. With Emily's help, we're sub-contracting each portion of the task out ourselves.
So... after dreaming amongst Emily in addition to coming together amongst a framer, here's the programme we've
To start with, we're extending the flooring virtually 10 to a greater extent than feet all the means across out into the yard. We're too removing the bloom bed that is to a greater extent than or less the curved department of the patio nether the pergola in addition to squaring that entire surface area off to directly last included inward the patio.
So, here's a birdseye persuasion of the novel footprint- (totally my amateur drawing!)
The exceed side is the living/kitchen wall in addition to the bottom border volition last where the patio meets the yard. This novel improver volition give us roughly 750 foursquare feet of patio space!
Originally I planned to extend the brick flooring to include all of the novel foursquare footage, but equally nosotros talked in addition to thought, nosotros agreed that violent out all of the brick in addition to pouring i large concrete slab would last our best option.
I know some of y'all are cringing correct directly at the thought of removing the brick, in addition to I LOVE the brick, then I'm amongst you. However, nosotros wanted the novel patio to last all i score (it was 2 before), then nosotros were going to direct maintain to show 1/2 of the surface area anyway. And, amongst all of the brick on the solid in addition to what would last to a greater extent than or less 750 foursquare feet of brick on the ground, that's a LOT of brick (cost-wise in addition to aesthetic wise). We decided that nosotros would similar the variation of the concrete flooring against the brick solid instead, but volition probable add together a brick border to a greater extent than or less the slab to necktie it all together amongst the brick on the house. Lastly, spell beautiful, the brick flooring was difficult to proceed clean... all those grooves are difficult to sweep! So, miserable brick lovers- but remain amongst me, it volition all plough out fine inward the end!
After the flooring is expanded, we'll extend the existing covered roof to growth the amount of covered space.
The dotted line inward my drawing higher upwardly volition last the novel roofline, in addition to here's a crude oil sketch that the framer made depicting some other angle.
We volition extend the electrical flow hip roof out virtually half-dozen to a greater extent than feet. In addition, we'll take the pergola (that's past times it's prime) in addition to add together an alone novel department of roof inward that area.
Once again, nosotros used Emily's roof equally a guide. We're using the same framer, then he volition brand our novel roof department where the pergola was await similar to this side of Emily's: (snapped amongst the telephone on a quick watch for ideas-not her pretty pics!)
And from the forepart it volition await similar to this. Our hip roof volition attach along the correct side where Emily's chimney is.
The framer assures us that it won't await similar an "add-on", in addition to volition await similar it's ever been there. Important when you're doing renovations.
All of the covering changes volition move out us amongst a large covered patio all the means across the back, in addition to a chip of infinite that is non covered, equally well. When the air gets chilly I'll desire to line my chair into the sun!
Finally, nosotros programme to add together a brick fireplace along the right-hand side of the patio. I'll portion to a greater extent than virtually that inward the future.
When an understanding amongst our get-go concrete in addition to show contractor went due south (still dealing amongst that one), nosotros decided to laid about a niggling chip of the show ourselves that he was supposed to do. So, nosotros ("we" pregnant my husband) disassembled the pergola in addition to cutting downward most of the wisteria.
After finding some other concrete contractor, this is where nosotros were at the fourth dimension that he came inward to practise his job. His crew would last doing all of the brick demo, clearing the remains of the flowerbed in addition to wisteria, in addition to preparing the foundation for the novel concrete slab earlier it was fourth dimension to pour it.
In the adjacent update I'll portion our progress then far!
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