On May 17, 8:16*am, bob haller wrote:
On May 16, 2:21*pm, Pavel314 wrote:





Just polling the group on the better method to make a little patio,
about 8 feet by 8 feet square.

We have a table and chairs under a large tree in the back yard.
They're just set on the lawn so during the rainy season my chair legs
frequently sink into the soft ground, leaving me to sip my martinis on
an incline. I need to put something solid under there and first
thought of paving blocks, those cement slabs a couple of inches thick
and 12"x12" or 18"x18". I've done that sort of thing years ago at
another location using red paving bricks.

Then I thought it might be easier just to set some forms and fill them
with concrete. Less problems with getting everything leveled, matching
edges, etc. I could get more creative that way, with a square section
under the table and semi-circles where the chairs sit.

I also suggested a wooden deck but my wife didn't like that one. I
didn't even suggest attaching round metal plates to the bottom of the
legs to act like a snowshoe, spreading the weight and preventing
sinking underground.

Any preferences among the group?

Paul

patio under a large tree?

your probably better off with a paving stone patio, and just level
ground and accept pavers may need re leveled in future.

proper site prep digging down for gravel base etc, then ground stone.

doing that around a mature tree may prove to be difficult to
impossible, large roots and possibly harming tree

Might be better off to dedicate some chairs for that area and
attaching pads to chair bottom so it cant sink in!

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This is a huge old beech tree with limbs spreading out quite a ways.
The patio wouldn't be right against the tree, it will be about four
feet away at the nearest point on the south east side of the tree.