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When we come into a yard for the first time I start by mentally inventorying what is there that is worth keeping, whether it is plants or hardscape materials. In the project we just started there was quite a bit of flagstone laying on the ground but not really installed properly and a brick patio that was very lumpy along with a large brick planter that the homeowners didn’t like.

A dangerous path.

A dangerous path.

It took a couple of guys all week to reclaim these materials.

Bricks we are going to salvage and reuse.

Bricks we are going to salvage and reuse.

Breaking the bricks out is tedious work. It will be worth the effort once we work them into our new patio design.

Here is the planter which takes up a lot of space and to the left is an old brick stair that goes to no where.

Here is the planter which takes up a lot of space and to the left is an old brick stair that goes to nowhere.

As they broke down the planter the lower bricks began to crumble.

As they broke down the planter the lower bricks began to crumble.

We will match the flagstone with additional stone and set it on a crushed concrete base and mortar it in. The bricks will be used for the edging. The contrast of the red bricks with the blue-gray flagstone will be striking.

One pile of flagstone we salvaged.

One pile of flagstone we salvaged.

The guys did a great job of cleaning the bricks.

The guys did a great job of cleaning the bricks.

Once all the materials were cleaned and stacked they began to excavate the dirt. Getting the patio level and with a slight grade towards where we want it to drain is very important. We had to take out quite a bit of dirt so we had room for the crushed concrete base. We will be working on that this week.

Happy Memorial Day!