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| In May I widened the flower bed and planted perennials.
I left a small strip of grass to help mark where I wanted the wall. I dug
down where the wall was to go and leveled the ground in front of the wall
area to make it level with the driveway. With the laser level I marked sticks
to determine where the top of the wall would be. |
To the left of the walkway I dug the area for the
base of the wall. |
The soil was tamped before adding crushed stone. The
base of the wall was prepared to be just below the flagstone of the lowest
part of the walkway. |
Crushed stone was slowly added in layers and tamped.
The final layer was not tamped in order to allow for setting the stones
in place. |
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| The base of the step system was escavated 12"
and crushed stone added to improve drainage. |
Rain made things a little messy but I continued on
the wall. |
The ton of stone arrived and I was anxious to get
at it but I had to delay for a couple of days to attend a kite flying event. |
In a couple of days the ground was dry again and I
was able to proceed with the step system. It went together easily. I completed
the rest of the wall after the steps were in. This allowed me to get the
stones up snug against the steps. |
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| The base for the walk was leveled and tamped. Sand
was placed on top of the crushed stone to allow the flagstone pieces to
be set and leveled. |
I measured an area on the lawn approximately the size
of the walkway. I laid out the stone and was able to mix and match the shapes
until I liked the combination. |
The wonders of digital cameras! I marked the pieces
with sidewalk chalk and with the camera was able to record the layout and
print it out for easy reference. |
The last of the flagstone was placed and playground
gravel was added between the pieces. |
