Backyard concrete removal
Jie Jin
3 years ago
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Comments (10)Those that suggested "it might work"...evidently don't have a lawn and no nothing about drainage. The reason there's lawns in front of homes is because there's soil under them and water drains away after the grass takes what it can use. Since there is no possible way concrete or rubber, or plastic, or anything else that you try to substitute to rid the place of water, then there's no way to grow grass on them. If you want a lawn, then commit yourself...break the concrete up, remove it, and replace with good soil. Then use either sod or seed. If you wish to not remove the concrete, might I suggest you invest in a look-a-like grass---much like they use on baseball fields. It looks real, can be cut to measure and you wont need to buy another seed of grass...ever. There is only the problem of cost....it does cost a prety penny....and an even duller dollar. There's many dealers in this product so choose wisely....See More9-12" concrete pipe in backyard along the fence
Comments (16)We had one at our previous home on the back property line. It was for drainage, but like you, we don't know where it was draining to. Our property did sit higher than the few houses below us, so it went somewhere down there. There may have been a small creek below that separated our neighborhood from farmland. Our contractors covered it with gravel, then dirt, and we made a planting bed (added mulch) along the fence-line. ;) I am not sure if you should build anything permanent on top of that. I failed to mention that there was a culvert on the side of the yard on the property above us. They are on street level. When it rained hard, water from the street came out of the culvert and flowed down through their yard. We never had standing water in our back yard, but that flower/mulch bed stayed moist most of the time....See MoreBackyard Concrete HELL!
Comments (9)I agree with beesneeds : a row of planter boxes with feet or wheels to keep them above the wet pavement, each with trellis, placed on the driveway alongside the pergola can serve as a green fence. Budget permitting, and if practical (know where buried utilities are located) seriously consider another change while also resolving a potential rainwater issue: Except as a wide sloped sidewalk, that sloped part of the area between pergola and house is useless. Between pergola and house -- between pergola and level sidewalk -- remove all that sloped concrete and create a level patio (and / or green space) beside the sidewalk below the higher pergola, sidewalk and house. Add a wall alongside the pergola and, with right angle turn alongside the driveway to the sidewalk. Consider the options of making the top of the wall level/wide enough to double as seating and/or shelf for potted plants ... and/or building steps into the wall where you want to enter the pergola from the patio (and/or green space), perhaps alongside the house, perhaps interesting shaped steps. It appears you may be able to walk between the corner of the house and the corner post of the pergola. If so, After leveling up your patio (and/or green space), add steps in that corner to lead both to the pergola and your back yard -- where you can create an actual patio with a fire pit or other features not suitable for between the pergola and house. You could make the top step a square landing from which you could enter the pergola or the back yard and then add additional steps on the two exposed sides of the square landing. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/431290101798131786/?d=t&mt=login...See MoreBackyard reno - concrete retaining wall + drystack veneer on grill?
Comments (2)Concrete pretty much goes with anything. Of note though, a typical wall concrete pour will not be "finish quality" at the same level as your stone, certainly not like that inspo pic. If you want the exposed concrete surface to remain your finish, then care would need to be taken in formwork, tie placement, pouring methods, and surface prep/repair after forms are removed, which lead to higher costs. However, you can simply parge the surface with a cementious stucco with some minor prepwork, and it would look like concrete (and that inspo pic). That can even be saved for the future when your bank account fills up again....See Morekitasei2
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