Almost Done!!!

[smcox1]

I can't wait to get the stream in.

 

[sissy]

well we are waiting too .

 

[smcox1]

Well I have to wait to get the liner and hopefully my home depot gets it soon or I might have to go to lowes and get one because they are the cheapest.

 

[sissy]

count down lol :razz: we are counting the hours ,minutes and seconds .

 

[smcox1]

It looks great .I really like the way you sort of set up a pond in a pond .Gosh you have those rocks every where .Can I give you a little hint for your deck mix bleach and water and pray on the pressure treated wood and it will go back to it's original color .I just make sure i hose down plants and grass before and after and bleach mixture is good to clean vinyl siding also and gutters if they are white

That's a great tip thanks! But in a year or so its getting a major overhaul the entire deck part is coming off getting re framed and trex decking and trex railing and the big poles are getting vinyl columns put around them. Should look a lot better.

 

[sissy]

Had trex at my NJ house and really was not impressed ,it scratched ,it stained and it faded ,Trex guarantee worthless .Maybe they have improved it since then as that was 10 years ago .I did it because I was selling the house and wanted it to look good so new people are stuck with it.Oh last year when I was up there the deck looked 10 times worse

 

[smcox1]

I have also been looking at veranda aswell and thats probably what I will go with. I like the Brazilian walnut decking with white railing and Brazilian walnut ballasts.

 

[sissy]

The only good thing trex had going for it was that it did not get as hot under your bare feet .Sounds good but very expensive .

 

[smcox1]

So flagstone here is $280 a ton and I'm going to need about 2 tons to make the patio

 

[sissy]

better than the price here .What size are you going to use .I love the look of the bigger stuff but you really do need help with it .The smaller is easier but also can heave a little with weather changes .I notice that here because we will have weeks without rain and ground gets dry and actually cracks open and then we will get a torrential downpour and they will shift .A pain

 

[smcox1]

I want the biggest pieces I can handle.

 

[sissy]

I used a dolly with a really long bottom to move some of mine .I have a dolly that has big rubber wheels almost the size of a wheelbarrow tire .I have had it for years and I had replaced the tubes with those green slime inner tubes as they are sturdier and don't get flat .I even put them in my lawnmower tires ,you never know what you will run over in the yard .

 

[smcox1]

I ordered the stream liner so it should be in by Thursday.

 

[sissy]

great so are you deciding what to do in the meantime .Thats fast considering .

 

[smcox1]

Maybe start building the flagstone patio for my chairs that I bought today.
Oh ya red, white and blue.

Plant these baskets in the wheelbarrow.

And I need to plant this bed and get it mulched in.

And build the stairs to the right of the waterfall.
So there is still a lot of stuff to do.
Oh I almost forgot. I need to build my planter for the umbrella that will be on the patio with the chairs.