Patio - Part Two

Another DIY home improvement story.

So, today was basically shot getting and hauling bricks. I started out leveling the sand. Got all 20 bags dumped in, needed eight more. So I decided to get the bricks as well.

Surprise! The Home Depot nearest me decided to discontinue them. They had the Terra Cota color, yuk, but no brown, marginally acceptable. The existing stuff is the brown. It's actually a mix of browns and light reds. Could be worse. At $0.59 each, I guess they are OK. I prefer fired clay brick, but I'm not tearing all this out.

So back home to evaluate my options on the manufacturers web site.

http://www.pavestone.com/retail/paver-decor.html

After seeing all the retailers are either Home Depot or Wal*Mart it became apparent to me that going to the next closest Home Depot might be a good bet. It was. Found them. The color is pretty close. In case you are wondering, no, I was not going to call them. You have to wait 20 minutes to talk to someone to get the wrong answer most of the time. As it was I could barely check out. The guy could literally not tell that the stuff on the cart matched the picture in his binder. Holly spatial perception Bat Man.

This was a subjective call too. I needed to see how far off the color was going to be. So a visit was a must.

Loaded up all I could get in the truck.

Then went back to the regular Home depot for the edge bricks. Yeah, I decided to do the edging after all. Figured it would look dumb without it. Also got the sand.

So by the time all that was carried into the back yard, it was 3:00 again. I got a late start after watching George Stephanapholus this morning. It's the only in depth news show I have time for lately.

Go Obama!

Later,
John