Paver Patio with Retaining/Seating Wall

Designing and building a paver patio on a significant slope is not easy. However, with the professionals at Mr. Outdoor Living, we build it correctly and make it affordable. After we spray paint the backyard we are ready for the tear out.

When you install a retaining wall you should dig out a footing and place 67 stone in the base. We obviously make sure everything is level. Next, we install the first course of retaining wall block. In this project, we are using a Belgard Sheffield Celtik 135 mm single-sided retaining wall block. To provide additional hardscape strength, we installed Soil Separator and GeoGrid.

The process of installing this paver patio with a retaining/seating wall is meticulous.

Each layer of retaining wall block as well as the dirt height needs to me installed correctly.

When the bottom layers are completed ABC is needed. The Aggregate Base Compound or ABC is, in elementary terms, a mixture of materials that has a great range of sizes from microscopic to over one inch.  As the simple name it has suggests; it is intended to be used as an easily compacted base.

The Outdoor Living project is a new paver patio (approx. 420 sq. ft.) complete with at least 4” of compacted ABC (additional ABC will be needed because of the grade) and washed screenings.

The pavers are Belgard Dublin Cobble all in the color of Fossil Beige. They are set in a 3-piece-pattern with a matching soldier course border. Gray Polymeric sand is installed the joints.

This beautiful project also needs the Belgard Sheffield Celtik 135 mm single-sided retaining wall block. Because of the grade, we need the Belgard Sheffield Celtik 135 mm freestanding wall block as a seating wall (there will be a few small openings in the seating wall to allow for drainage).

There are two different capstones.

The first is a Belgard Sheffield Celtik single-sided capstone used closer to grade level.

The other is a Belgard Sheffield Celtik freestanding capstone where both sides are already chiseled. The sides of the seating wall need to be custom chiseled. We use a “break” to ensure that the Outdoor Living project looks the best.

 

 

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