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Blue Flagstone Patio Addition - Middletown, KY
Transform Your Outdoor Space with a new Landscape Design
Here we have a natural blue flagstone patio, our first landscape design and build as a company. These Louisville homeowners had a desire and a problem: they wanted a new patio but during heavy rainfall, surface run-off would funnel from the neighbor's yard, across the homeowners backyard into the desired patio area, then finally into the neighborhood planned drainage swale. In addition to the patio addition, there was a pre-existing water feature, a bubbling boulder in front view, that needed to be rebuilt.
Where to Put the Patio
Patio placement is a key factor when creating this landscape design. This project started as a patio addition adjacent to the new room built onto their home but quickly grew to more. We all know Louisville folk like to enjoy the outdoors so they wanted the patio outside the new addition.
Patio Foundations
This patio addition was designed as a raised patio and is built in two parts: the retaining wall and the patio surface. Here you can see the depth of the retaining wall foundation. Note Travis bringing over another scoop of DGA sourced from Louisville suppliers.
Retaining Wall System
Retaining Wall System
The landscape design for this retaining wall is slightly modified to fit this application. Instead of using drainage rock behind the wall, we traded for foundation rock. Water will shed following the grooves between flagstones.
Raised Patio Design
Retaining Wall System
As the wall is built the stone is compacted in lifts to ensure stability. Once the wall is complete, the foundation for the patio addition is installed. DGA is used again as the patio foundation.
Natural Flagstone Patio
Natural Flagstone Patio
With the patio foundation compacted, we start laying out the big stones to fill out the most area and use the smaller stones to fill in the rest. When necessary, stones are formed to fit the space. We source our flagstone from a Louisville hardscape supplier.
Patio Sealing
Natural Flagstone Patio
Once satisfied with the layout, grout is installed. This process is critical and, if done incorrectly, can be a severe headache. Our landscape design considered long term maintenance and called for a sealant application to bring out the natural colors within the stone and protect from weathering.
Clean Out
Disassembly Required
Disassembly Required
Through the muck and mud, the surround stones are pulled from the water feature revealing the water capture system. The foundation settled underneath the boulder requiring rework.
Disassembly Required
Disassembly Required
Disassembly Required
The boulder is disassembled to access to foundation stone and install a new pump. The pump installation also required a new flexible hose be routed through the boulder.
Make it Better
Disassembly Required
Make it Better
New hardware and a cleaned basin, now the bubbling boulder is coming back together. Creek rock border and surrounding stones are reinstalled to hide the drainage grate below.
Flagstone Walk Path
Decorative Drainage Cover
Decorative Drainage Cover
To connect each area of the new build and allow pass-through egress a walkway built from the same flagstones as the patio was installed.
Decorative Drainage Cover
Decorative Drainage Cover
Decorative Drainage Cover
The downspout from the new addition was plumbed around and away from the patio to ensure proper water management.
Bountiful Growth
Beautiful Harvest
Beautiful Harvest
Check out how much the garden area around the water feature has blossomed. The contrasts of green foliage with red brick and dark mulch with light stones, really ties this area into a cohesive yet dynamic design.
Beautiful Harvest
Beautiful Harvest
Beautiful Harvest
What better reason to install a new outdoor living area other than to enjoy the serene beauty of nature with those you love. That is our mission and company philosophy wrapped into a nut shell: Bring Paradise Home!
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