Building A Stone Patio Bench

It s indispensable for having a nice garden time.

Building a stone patio bench.

Step 6 use a hand tamper. Garden bench provides a cozy corner for us to sit relax and even catch a nap. Step 1 prepare the area remove any obstructions from the area where you are going to build the bench. The tool cuts a line across a rock s face and then the rock is split along.

Shovel 3 inches of paver base into the trench. It is almost spring season and with it comes whole new ways of redecorating your patio backyard or even entire house. The following assumes that you are going to build it into the ground at the edge of your patio. I penciled each pillar s square footprint onto a.

A well designed bench can be integrated into the charming landscape of garden that both is a cozy outdoor seating and is a pop garden decoration. The seat itself however is made from a thick wide slat of light smooth wood which gives the piece a modern twist. Follow the steps below to build the newest addition to your backyard patio or porch. Masons keep a torpedo level in their back pocket.

Create a strong tightly packed base for the stones with a crushed rock and stone dust mix known as paver base. But even though that sounds amazing and we know you like a challenge it also takes a lot of time to prepare everything for remodeling. Building the bench a bench constructed from patio blocks is both practical and sturdy. Building the stone bench from scratch will probably take about three days so try to choose a time when the weather forecast is good.

Put down the base in layers so that you can pack it well building it up until the depth of the remaining trench is about half the thickness of your stone. The bench s foundation is a pair of 4 inch thick concrete footings. Rocks can be cut to shape with a tracer.