Patios
A surface with a purpose or look
When designing a patio, you generally want to understand what the purpose is for your patio. This can be from just having a place to get a BBQ done, have an extra space for relaxing, a good looking driveway, or just because you want it to look good on your property.
Now, how do you get it to work?
The Process
Nearly every patio has one main thing in common. A solid and leveled base.
We follow a standard idea of creating a solid base with gravel. One of the few exceptions are concrete patios (explained in sec. 5).
Sec.1) Gravel is poured in the selected area, leveled, and compacted. Afterwards, the design for a patio splits in 2 catagories. Natural look and a Patterned look.
Sec.2) Patterned look: After the gravel has been leveled + compacted, SAND is placed in afterwards. It's smoothed out and pavers are placed in. Every paver must create a pattern and be equal to the follwoing pattern. Hence, a patterened look. This doesn't mean that it "has" to be the same, this means that it "looks better" when it's the same.
a pattenerned look is great for creating a decrotive driveway as well.
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Sec.3) Natural look: For a natural patio, the idea is to use materials that have not been exactly shaped the same. An example are flagstone patios. After gravel has been leveled + compacted, the flagstones are placed in by our workers. They use the unique shape of the flagstone to make them fit with the rest of the patio.
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Sec.4) Those are first and half steps the patio. The final step are the reinforcements. These includes plastic edges or a substance that helps keep the patio strong together. usually, polymeric sand is used for pattern looks and gravel, sand, or soil are used for natural looks. Once those have been placed in, clients can go ahead and use their patios however they like.
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Sec.5) Concrete: For a concrete patio or slab, these work a bit different. To begin, the surface of the area has to leveled but gravel is not necessary. Rebars are layed in to help support and keep the slab/patio sturdy. A mold is used and concrete is poured in.
Afterwards comes the texture. The slab is smoothed out and left to dry but clients can also add a texture to their patio/slabs. These include washed, brushed, and stamped, stamp being the most expensive.
