Jody 5-’10

Written on May 5, 2010 at 10:41 pm, by Scott Esteb


Before Picture Deck and Patio

Before Picture Deck and Patio Before Picture Raise Paver Patio


This is an exciting landscape construction project in Vancouver WA.  We bid against a composite deck and added a lower patio.  The price of raising a stone paver patio vs building a composite deck turned out to be the least expensive option. 
We now get to build a longer lasting, better looking, easier to maintain product.  The idea is to build a retaining wall out of Pisa 2 wall block back filling it with compacted gravel.  Once we get it to grade we will grade it out and set our pavers and build a stair system down to the lower patio.


Before Picture Raised Paver Patio

Before Picture Raise Paver Patio





The build up is finally done.  There is a layer of engineered netting about two layers down and some Portland cement to help strengthen the compacted gravel fill.  This patio isn’t going anywhere.  In the next few days we will work on pavers and lighting.

Raised Deck and Patio

Raised Deck and Patio

MORKERT APR’10

Written on April 8, 2010 at 6:10 pm, by Scott Esteb



Excavation before

Excavation before pavers





Concrete removal

Hauling away the concreteStairs before












Before shot of stairs

Stairs before



This is a challenging landscape project in Washougal WA.  We are doing a partial over lay on concrete and a normal gravel base paver patio.  What makes this hard is blending the two surfaces.  Since the sand on the concrete will be significantly less then the sand over the gravel we need to make sure we adjust for compaction properly.  Adding to the complication is the two man hole covers we have to go over and yet make accessible.


Spray Painted Stairs

The idea behind the stairsThe stair are now removed and we are conceptualizing what we will do with the new steps. Because the new old stairs had a facia plate, my design of only doing two steps leading out of the man door is scrubbed. I have to do a three stair system and I'm trying to do it without adding cost to the home owner. Time to get creative. We also discovered a sewer clean out to the left of the single man door that we have to work around.Holland Harvest pavers in Washougal WAPisa 2 Step system







Split Faced Cinder Block Flower Planter

Mortar block planter box


Finish Paver Patio in Washougal WA


Pisa 2 steps with Patio Paver

Pisa 2 Step systemHolland Harvest pavers in Washougal WA


Rule APR’10

Written on April 5, 2010 at 9:36 pm, by admin

Rule paver pathway in Washougal WA

This project is a simple paver walkway that connects the front driveway to the back deck.  The homeowner has dogs and decided to upgrade from natural stone.  As you can see the stairs and the lower patio are already finished and we are screeting the sand in just before we lay the blocks down on the upper pathway.  This walkway is made with Charcoal and Harvest Paleo will using a matching Pisa 2 block for stairs. Snap Edge is installed to create interlock.

Pisa 2 steps and paver pathway Paver Pathway Finish Product

This one was pretty straight forward and looks great.  The dogs won’t be able to destroy it now.  Thank you Greg for letting us do this for you.