In June and July we added an outdoor BBQ counter which pretty well completes our pool area hardscape. Here it is complete. Note the railings on the left side of the counter. Those are made to look like the other railings in our house, but they are hollow and carry the utilities to the counter,Read more about Outdoor BBQ[…]
We weren’t particular happy with how are outdoor shower off of the garage looked so in May we added a concrete drainage pan, tiled with a flat pebble look, and used flat pebbles around the flagstone pathway nearby. We love how it turned out!
Two weeks ago, we got the final sign-off on the project. It came as a huge relief, as the project felt like it needed to be done. The final sign-off was a bit complicated. Technically, all we had left to be signed off on was the landscaping. But the landscaping sign-off was not simple, andRead more about Sign-off[…]
One of the last things we had to do to get signed off was to add the railings to our light wells. These light wells drop about 4-5 feet from grade into the bottom of light well, more then enough to require a guard rail. We opted for a simple cable railing that would beRead more about Light well railing cables[…]
To fully enclose our backyard for the dog, there were a c0uple of stretches of fence we needed. One was across the side yard. The other was across the back of the driveway, which includes a spot for the trash cans, and an outdoor shower for coming back from the beach, or washing the dog.Read more about The last of the fencing[…]
The storm water management for our property was designed by a civil engineer to met what our city calls Tier 3 storm water management. The tiers are just dependent on the size of the project, and ours was a large one, so we got the highest tier. The idea of storm water management is thatRead more about Storm water management[…]
We tore a couple of new holes in the original stone wall in front of our property, to make way for the new driveway on the opposite side of our frontage, and the walkway. We repaired the opening for the old driveway, and in the last week, have started work repairing the rest of theRead more about Completing the stone wall[…]
The landscape guys are making working on the ;paving stone and flagstone walkways. These are set on gravel or sand, simetimes with a dollup of mortar underneath, and go all around our yard. In the front and along one side of our house, we will use 24″x24″ square pavers. The plans called for 30″x30″ pouredRead more about Flagstone and paving stone walkways[…]
In addition to the landscape main irrigation lines being installed and buried last week, we checked on more piece of flat work off our list – the stretch of gutter along our old driveway entrance. All the sandstone curb was moved from the side of the old driveway mouth, (the curved parts), and the newRead more about In the gutter[…]
A property like ours is required to collect any water runoff and put it through some earthen filtration before we can dump it out into the storm drain system. Over the last two weeks the landscapers have dug large trenches around the property for the drainage system. These are pretty massive 6 inch lines thatRead more about Drainage and grading[…]