Hello!My boyfriend and I recently completed our walkway and thought I'd share with the internet :) I'm pretty proud of our work! Slowly becoming handier.We chose to dig up the walkway as the previous one was leaning into our side door. During the winter, we had quite a bit of rain above the ice (Thanks, Canada), and water came in underneath the door. So...We built a swale (a tiny trench). My dad had rented a sod cutter and ripped up all the sod. We then dug a small trench to try to prevent the water from pooling close to the house.Rented a bin and smashed up all the old concrete pathway! That sucker was free-poured and HOLY man did that suck as some areas were very thick. (We used a rod to leverage under the concrete and then used a sledge hammer to smash it)Took out old garden boxes (they were rotting) & disposed of them.Filled gaping walkway holes with crusher fines. We also put some crusher fines over our driveway :)Started to set the stones (we didn't pack the crusher fines as they sat over another winter - this project took a while) and then filled them with sand between (my dad gave us this special sand that you use between the stones)Repainted the grey side of the house & side of stairs (You can't see in the old photos but the paint was chipping and it was not painted under the old garden boxes)Poured 3/4 white stone between edge of house and stone tiles.Put in some planters and lights to make it look shnazzy :)Left to do: Plant grass around the edge :)All-in-all it cost us about:$400 for bin for disposing of concrete$500 for small crusher fines$300 for bin to get rid of other materials (old garden boxes, etc)$1000 for tiles (From Home Depot)$50 for paint$80 for 3/4 inch white stones$70 for solar lamps (Also Home Depot)$50 for planters$50 for plants= $2500 CAD for the project :)(+ a lot of our time and sweat haha)https://ift.tt/30lPIQb via /r/DIY https://ift.tt/2DyzmM4
