Photo by Jessica Walliser The pavers from our old patio are going to two different friends, who are creating patios of their own. |
Spring is coming on quickly here, though the backyard is still a muddy mess.
Work has begun on our new patio. Well, actually, the work has begun on removing the old patio. It is made from about a million brick pavers, each of which weighs about 5 pounds. I was having a hard time feeling good about sending all those pavers to the landfill in order to have the new patio put in, so I asked our contractor if he wanted them to use on another job. He declined so I just started asking around.
Turns out, there’s a small market for used pavers! Who knew? So a friend, her father and I spent five hours yesterday lifting the pavers, stacking them in the tractor cart and loading them into her truck. They are going to use them to make a new patio of their own. It was a lllloooonnnnggg day of heavy lifting, and today, I am feeling more sore than I have in a very long time. The worst part is that after all that hauling and four pickup-truck loads, we only managed to remove about a third of the patio!
Another friend is coming with her posse on Saturday, hopefully to haul the rest away. She’s going to put in a patio where her pool used to be. I feel better about them not taking up space at the landfill, and it’s going to save us a couple of hundred bucks in demolition costs. We have a long way to go on the project, but just having it underway feels great! Here’s to new beginnings!
