我在隔离期间建造了自己的露台 - 在这里

By mid-quarantine I was bored of being inside. As the weather warmed up I found myself wishing I had a place to sit outside in the evenings. I’m a renter in a duplex, so my outdoor space is pretty limited and I didn’t have much to work with, so I decided to try to buildmy own patio. Thankfully my landlord agreed to the idea and let me subtract the cost of the patio stones from my rent. (Thanks!)

The project took about 20 hours over the course of two weekends with the help of my boyfriend. I'm so glad I took it on—we’ve enjoyed the new space on cooler evenings, hosted a birthday celebration by the fire pit, and appreciated the additional space for plants. Looking back there are a few things I’d do differently, but overall the project went very well. Here's how I did it.

准备工作

Before you can get materials, you need to decide where you want the patio to be. Is the ground flat? What is the dirt like? What are the measurements? I started my project by weeding the area where I wanted to place the stones.

然后我测量了空间。我建议四舍五入下因为石头并不总是完美的边缘。我还必须围绕混凝土板工作，因此请确保您解决任何障碍，包括埋藏的物品和房屋的边缘。

I also recommend you begin to level the dirt as best you can before you purchase your stones. We did this step as we worked on each row, but it was tedious. You’ll still need to level each stone, but if you can reallocate the dirt and gravel in larger quantities while you have space, it’ll speed things up.

Supplies you'll need to build a patio

接下来，我搜索了我想要的露台石头，并开始绘制露台设计。我的男朋友帮助我弄清楚了我们需要多少个石头，以及它们如何适合奇怪的空间。但是，当我们去Lowe捡起它们时（专业提示：带手套和一个卷尺！）很简单12英寸x 12英寸露台石on sale.

我们决定放弃我们的计划，然后选择正方形。这些方块使躺下变得容易得多，因为我们不必旋转它们即可将它们融合在一起，而且我喜欢它们比我们计划购买的要大。

我们使用了铲and镘to move dirt, alevel检查污垢和石头，并卷尺为了确保我们不会在院子的边缘或离房子太近的地方倾斜。

我们总共使用了80张露台石头，幸运的是，我们能够使用我们挖出的污垢来平整石头。如果您已经有一个平坦的区域，我建议您买一袋土壤和一些沙子或小砾石石，以帮助石头留在原地。

如何铺设石头

我们刚刚进去了。我和我的男朋友一起在每块石头上工作，将污垢弄平，掉下石头，将石头弄平，将其踩在地面上，并用坚韧的污垢填充边缘以将其固定在适当的位置。我们花了几个小时才能完成第一行，因为它需要保持安全和尽可能平方。一旦我们进入凹槽，每一行都变得更快。

Once you have that first row out of the way—and especially if you already leveled the dirt—you’ll get in the groove of placing, leveling, stomping, and repeat! (Yes, we actually jumped on every stone to set it in place. Unless you want a serious calf workout I recommend finding something like this污染物instead.)

一旦将石头扫过，便将露台向下铺设，以使污垢更牢固地固定并查看水排水量如何。

我完成的露台 - 我会做的不同

I’m so proud of how the patio turned out. Though I wish I could swap the location with my garden so the fire pit was farther from the house, I love sitting outside and enjoying the evenings.

当我们建造露台时，看到它的转变令人兴奋。同时，我对石头随时间移动感到紧张。值得庆幸的是，即使在大雨之后，他们也保持良好状态。我认为他们之间的雨水和额外的污垢使他们更加确保了自己的位置。我仍然需要得到一个broom因此，我可以更轻松地清除污垢和土壤。

如果我能再做一次，我会用污垢篡改而不是自己踩在每块石头上，然后更改位置。我很想将其移向房屋的前面，以获得更多的阳光，但是它得到了黄金时光的片段，因此我对我们所有的辛勤工作感到满意。

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