Concrete Work 2020

 We've lived in our house over 20 years.  The concrete work is probably original to the house (1959) so it was time to replace it.  We chose to remove the deck and replace it with a concrete patio.  Here's some photos.

What we did:

• Full tear out of driveway and old patio that was beneath the deck (which we removed last year)
• new concrete driveway
• new concrete patio roughly 18'x28'.   We opted for a patio over a deck so that when we look out from our four-season porch, our view is not interrupted by enclosing railings.

The contractor did it in sections.  Some minor stats of our project:

• done it in 4 separate sections (tear-out, pour concrete) on separate days.  So we had the concrete mixing truck coming 4 times...fun for the neighbors
• took about 24 cubic yards of concrete
• approximate size of patio:  18x28
• we had the original driveway from 1959.  There was no rebar in it
• project duration:  about 2 weeks

The deck that used to be there...

(photo from 1998 when we bought our house)

Deck Tearout

 

Our deck was deteriorating, even though we tried to extend its life in 2008.  It was old when we bought the house in 1998, so  we decided to tear it out and replace it.  In 2020 we did replace it with a concrete patio.  Removing the deck opened up the view from our four season porch (not having the railing in the view).  We had our handyman Lincoln do the tear-out.  Underneath the deck was a concrete patio (a DIY quality project) that had a pattern of decomposed pressure treated lumber between segments of concrete.

Decked...

Our cedar deck has been showing its age. So we decided to try fixing some boards and freshen it up. We decided to go with SealMaxx. They came a couple of weeks ago to power wash the deck. In a few weeks they'll be back to apply the stain. We'll see over time if it was a wise decision. We'll put some photos on when the work is complete.

It looks like a contraption made by Wile E. Coyote...

Uh-huh...

Our House that was...in 1998

Since we plan to soon remodel our kitchen, we thought it would be a good idea to show where we started with back when we first moved here in 1998.

Shortly before we closed on our house, Paul went and took some photographs of our new estate. We've removed all of the wallpaper downstairs, pulled up the carpets, refinished the wood floors, and so on. And now...for what was...

The first floor layout of our house...

The front of the house with the for sale sign...

Another angle showing the massive tree next to the house...

The back deck and a view of our four season porch...

The two car detached garage...

A view across the living room to the stairs going up...
...Michele made Paul remove the fugly light on the wall on the right...

The opposite view from the stairs across the living room...
...Michele made Paul throw out the electric yule log in the fireplace...

From the living room into the dining room...
...this was the first wallpaper we tore out...
...it had to go...
...through the doorway is our four-season porch...

The 80's style colonial kitchen...

More of the kitchen and the refrigerator we later replaced in 2003...
...Paul's father put in a stainless steel sink about that time too...

The metallic green wallpaper and matching window shade...

A view of the porch...
the sellers removed the furniture before closing..

Looking towards the dining room from the porch...
...we removed the fireplace as it took up too much room...

The allegedly finished basement...
...dark paneling, ceiling tiles, and itty-bitty windows...
...we later gutted this all out and put in egress windows...