Saturday, July 3, 2010

Landscaping…Day 33 (weekend report)

I took this series of photos early Saturday morning showing the progress Jay and his crew made Friday. They spent most of the morning working through the details of the paver edging…and then installed it all around the back end of the driveway in the afternoon. The results are fantastic!

The first photo shows the front wall of the garage shot from the back corner of the driveway with the alternating paver edging and white accent “stripe” winding all around the driveway surface.

The next photo shows the paver driveway from a spot a little further back under the Norway maple. Here the white accent “stripe” and alternating edging nicely defines the driving surface.

The next two photos show some of the details of the paver edging as it transitions around the end of the driveway beyond the back wall of the garage. In the first photo we see the accent “stripe” curve away from the front wall of the garage into the “turn-around” pad at the back of the driveway surface. The second photo shows a close up of the sharp corner shot from the opposite direction. Jay and Kevin have achieved a simple elegance in this installation that I think is remarkable!

 

The next photo shows the some of the cutting Kevin had to do as they installed pavers around the inside radius at the back end of the driveway. Cutting and setting these radius sections is a lot harder than it looks and requires both attention to detail and an artistic sense.

The last photo shows the progress on the driveway as of the weekend. The area in front of the last three stalls has had granite sand applied and been “set” using the vibrating plate. They plan to be back Tuesday morning to continue working toward the Cottage Lane.

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