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Spring Into a New Patio Project
It's that time of year to begin planning and installing Spring and Summer living spaces for your home. An outdoor patio can provide a beautiful and relaxing extension to your indoor living area. In addition, a well-done outdoor space will add interest and value to your property. Tips compiled here can help you determine how to avoid costly mistakes when planning a budget for the project.
enly broken. Divide the total patio size by the paver's surface area, and you have the material costs.
Properly Price Installation Labor estimates are wildly unreliable. Plan to hire a professional to install the paver and ask them to walk through your space to get a realistic quote. Not only does their rate depend on the size of the patio, but Price a basic patio at the bottom of your budget. also on how much time is needed to complete the work and how many A plain concrete patio can cost around $6-$12 per square foot. Col- people are needed to finish the job. The location and even the weathored or customized concrete er conditions could transcan be as much as $20 per form costs. Ask the installers square foot. Get fancy with to price their work based on bluestone or travertine pavyour materials. They usually ers, and expect costs to surneed to lay deep sand and pass prices for sandstone in gravel before setting brick some markets. Installing a and stone pavers, so that plain concrete patio is typicaltime counts too. Although ly going to be the rock bottom some materials require less of the budget; prepare for that prep work, others make for and follow these suggestions a time-consuming job given for getting the most for your your yard configuration. Only money. professionals can share the cost of tool rental they might Know exact measurements need but don't already have. To estimate the cost of a Ask for a complete quote that paver patio, you first have to covers this. If your vision infind out the number of pavers volves installing fences, or that you need. You can deterother boundaries, there might mine the number of pavers be additional costs and a city that you need by identifying permit to consider. your desired patio size. Measure the length and width of your patio in feet. Multiply the width by Ask Around the length to find the square footage (E.g., width x length = patio sq ft.). Just like you would when planning for a major purchase, shop around Assuming the width is 12 ft., and the length is 10 ft., 12 x 10 = 120, and before deciding on one kind of material or professional landscaping your patio size is 120 sq ft. Next, identify the paver size. Keep in mind company to build your patio. Compare costs and quality. Check online the length and the width of your bricks or paving stones in inches. You reviews for contractors before committing to this big-ticket purchase. might have to cut some pieces to make them fit perfectly; be sure to use the right tool to do this, so you don't damage valuable materials. It As with all projects, starting with a solid strategy and reasonable budis suggested to add 5-10% more pavers to replace any that are mistak- get leads to less stress and more success! 32 | MARCH 2022 | ENID MONTHLY
