Top & Bottom, Right: Four stacked stone
veneer pilasters mark the boundaries of the
raised patio area. Atop two of these pilasters
are Backyard Blaze fire bowls with fire glass;
the other two have cast concrete planters
with dipladenia flowers. The steps, one of
them quartz and the others concrete, are
lit with Lightcraft Outdoors step lights with
Brilliance LED bulbs. The seating wall adjacent
to the step is topped with quartz and faced
with stucco. Three alternating crews of 3-4
workers completed the project in just ten
weeks. Two and a half inches of class 2 base
was used, compacted to 90 percent or more.
The concrete is reinforced with number 3 steel
rebar. The concrete is a Davis standard color
with strength of 3500 psi which was poured
at a minimum thickness of 4". The joints were
hand tooled to a depth of 2/5 the thickness of
the concrete – in this case, about 1.6".
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