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anne

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finished......almost
« on: April 19, 2006, 11:10:43 pm »
Here's the saga of my hot tub installment. Still waiting on rounded a corner step from my dealer, and have a little more work to do on the tiles around the tub, but it is practically finished:













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« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2006, 11:19:21 pm »
very nice
did you cut any of your flagstone pieces?

Looks like you put the tub right on top of the gravel.  My sister-in-law did that.  We decided to go with those square pavers on top of gravel.
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« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2006, 11:28:25 pm »
No, did not really cut any of them, just spent a long time playing "rock tetris"

I did put the tub right on gravel, and now sort of wish I had not, but I did not think to put pavers on the gravel- I thought they'd settle and move. Part of the problem was that I was not confident of the exact size of the tub+steps, so I made the box a little too big, and so had exposed gravel, which I'm now covering with square stones. Quite the learning experience, this whole project.
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« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2006, 01:58:28 am »
Very nice Anne. Funny too.....

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No, did not really cut any of them, just spent a long time playing "rock tetris"

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« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2006, 06:52:45 am »
Looks good. We too played "tetris" with the rocks.

Regarding covering your exposed gravel: I saw a picture posted on this site where somebody made a wood "skirt" to cover their concrete slab.  It looked real nice.  

I'm sure the 4,000 lbs of water will settle our pavers a bit, but i'm not all too worried about that.  
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« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2006, 07:44:07 am »
Beautiful job Anne! Now you can relax and enjoy!
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« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2006, 08:42:46 am »
Very nice!

I believe that Arctic's floor can be put anywhere as long as it's level, I think the gravel is a great idea!


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« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2006, 08:43:55 am »
Very nice.  I am really liking the flagstone that some folks have put down lately.  It makes for a great installation.

When's the party?  ;D
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« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2006, 09:35:18 am »
Excellent. Very inviting. Flagstones rock!
I'm sure you will have a great time in that yard.  :D

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« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2006, 09:43:02 am »
I've got some flat, slate stones in one section of the yard, that I'm thinking on moving over to one of the back doors to create a sitting area.  Did you folks put down a weed barrier or do something to help prevent weeds from springing up?
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« Reply #10 on: April 20, 2006, 09:43:33 am »
Looks outstanding Anne!
Enjoy! From the progress of the pictures, you've earned it.

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« Reply #11 on: April 20, 2006, 10:48:33 am »
 ;DLove the stone work!  Congratulations!
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« Reply #12 on: April 20, 2006, 11:38:37 am »
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I've got some flat, slate stones in one section of the yard, that I'm thinking on moving over to one of the back doors to create a sitting area.  Did you folks put down a weed barrier or do something to help prevent weeds from springing up?


yes. i very much recommend you do this.  

i guess you can always keep some RoundUp on hand, but I'm going to try to grow some groundcover plants in the cracks.  RoundUp would kill everything...including my groundcover so I splurged and spent $12 on some landscaping cloth. Hopefully that stuff will work.
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Re: finished......almost
« Reply #13 on: April 20, 2006, 02:11:16 pm »
Thanks for the compliments! I admit I'm pretty proud of the job since I did it almost all on my own. The B/F gets his cast off tomorrow......how's that for timing? ;) But I've also been the only one enjoyiong the water, too, so I think I had the better deal this last month


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I've got some flat, slate stones in one section of the yard, that I'm thinking on moving over to one of the back doors to create a sitting area.  Did you folks put down a weed barrier or do something to help prevent weeds from springing up?


I did not put down landscape cloth. I considered it, but got a little lazy. I have had weeds come through landscape cloth before, so I was not super motivated. If the soil is not really packed, then the cloth can also help to prevent the gravel below from settling, but that should not be a problem if you pack everything down well.
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« Reply #14 on: April 20, 2006, 04:38:50 pm »
Flagstone and setting in general look great! Makes me wish more and more that I had a nice flagstone appearance to the surface of my plain old concrete pad.
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