Concrete Patio or pavers or wood

[Stang51d]

Stamped and stained is the way to go. And something to remember, every load of cement comes with a crack, but you can deal with that. Make it plenty thick, and rebar is your friend. I don't care if it is just a patio, it's cheap insurance. Just last fall, I had to tear out and re pour a large slab that was put in in 2000. It's an industrial setting and I recommended that it be 24" thick back them. At that time, it would have costed about an extra $1200 in cement. But then, 14 years later, we had to shut the whole place down, cut out a 20'x30 slab, dig it out and make it what it should have been to start with. We did do it at the same time as some other work that we were shut down for, but it did ad a fair amount of down time.

It ended up costing WAY more to fin then doing it right in the first place. Make it 6" thick, chuck some wire and 1/2" rebar in there and ull be happy with it. It may still crack but it will stay together.

 

[eldirector]

I've done wood and pavers. Much prefer the pavers.

 

[phylodog]

how much did it cost phylo?

IIRC it was around $6000

 

[Fenway]

IIRC it was around $6000

 

[Fishersjohn48]

My company does paver patios. We have a booth at the flower and patio show. Our hardscape guy is one of the best around. If you are interested pm me and I'll get you the info.

 

[jimmythang]

As far as recommended companies here in indy I like Earth wood Arts

Welcome

 

[sticks4walking]

Looks like that is too cheap phylodog , got anything more expensive?

 

[phylodog]

It's a really large patio. It runs the entire width of the house and extends out 25' for part of that. Not sure if you remember my house or not, been a few years.

 

[Fenway]

Ok, No I don't remember. Makes more sense.

It's a really large patio. It runs the entire width of the house and extends out 25' for part of that. Not sure if you remember my house or not, been a few years.

 

[irishhunter]

We put in a large paver patio with lights , swings, pillars. One thing to keep in mind like. Not all pavers are created equal. We used Hessit pavers. They were not cheap but look beautiful and are solid. There is some maintenance involved with sanding it occasionally which is no big deal. I can send some pics if interested

 

[femurphy77]

I think one of the problems you see with residential concrete is a lack of rebar. My neighbor is a "builder", he's done a couple of jobs for me and I wasn't impressed. He'll not do anymore for me as I can do it myself with similar results. Anyhoo he doesn't use rebar because "you don't need it with fiber reinforced concrete". Bull cookies!!! I poured a 12x12 pad for a hot tub at my ex house 14 years ago and used plenty of rebar, result. . .not one crack to this day!! My current hot tub pad and driveway, poured by said "builder", cracked all to hell! The pad is 8 years old and the driveway is 4 years old. This goes to prove my opinion that you shouldn't pay someone to do something you can do yourself, it'll never live up to your expectations!!!!

 

[Fenway]

Allright. Forget the concret. Who can build me a paver or wood patio/deck. Fishersjohn plz send me your contact. Thanks!

 

[Fenway]

 

[slowG]

Wood decks are a lot of maintenance

 

[Tanfodude]

Tagging this

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

C'mon fellas. Can't someone help a Fenway out?

 

[Brandon]

We just tore down a 16'x30' wood deck. It was here before we bought the property and had been neglected for several years. We are debating a slab or something slightly different. We are thinking about using something like 6x6 timbers to build a retaining wall like structure and back fill with crushed stone of some sort and compact it so the top layer is somewhat smooth. We haven't finalized any plans though. I know we are not doing another deck though.

 

[JollyMon]

We just had a walkway and steps replaced and we used mattingly concrete... They were awesome to work with and very responsive to all our questions and concerns

Mattingly Concrete Inc.Mattingly Concrete Inc. specializing in concrete driveways, patios, sidewalks, steps, decorative concrete, exposed agg, stamped, outdoor living areas,commercial concrete, ramps, curbing, and much much more since 1987.Mattingly

 

[Fishersjohn48]

Fenway you have a pm