How We Built It

A bluestone patio, from bare lawn to finished stone, in six panels.

1 · Layout. Spray paint is the first draft.

Is it square?

Ask the string.

PSSHT THWACK!

2 · Excavate. The patio you see depends on the hole you don't.

Dig it right and nobody thinks about it.

Dirt weighs more than you'd think.

Roots. Always roots.

SCHRUNK

3 · Base. Unglamorous. Essential.

It hums. I feel it in my teeth.

Flat. Flatter. Better.

BRRRR

4 · Setting stone. A jigsaw puzzle nobody wants to solve twice.

Heavier than it looks.

Tap. Check. Tap.

TOK TOK

5 · Cut & sweep. Edges get cut, joints get sand, everyone gets dusty.

Off by a hair. Unacceptable.

Sweep, sweep.

Water's what makes it stick.

VRRRR

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