Landscape Contractor / Design Build Maintain

AUG 2015

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topped with 12" of 3/4" clear stone, and a final additional inch of smaller clear stone gravel on top. No fines were included in order to facilitate drainage. The crew also installed a drain tile system. During rain or snowmelt, the water will disperse slowly down through the paver system to the lake through the tile system. In the process, it removes impurities and sediments that could compromise lake water quality. The narrow one lane, two-way road that the home sits on presented some challenges during construction. The crew worked hard to keep traffic disruption to a minimum. They put up working signs, and made sure to get equipment and material off the road as quickly as possible. This included gravel deliveries, which required careful coordination between crew and driver. Once the gravel was on site, it had to be re- moved and put into place without delay. This project successfully meets permeability zoning require- ments, while at the same time delighting the homeowner with its function and beauty. Above: Stumpf Creative Landscaping built a residential 1,150-square- foot driveway and walkway located in Menasha, Wis., with County Materials' H2O Pro Pavers in Oasis and Vision colors in a mix of 75 percent of the buff color with 25 percent of the cream color. The same paver style in the 4"x8" size was used to create a double border consisting of a 2-layer dark brown sailor course on the inside, edged with a soldier course of the cream color. To address stormwater filtering capacity and proper drainage concerns, a deeper base was excavated to create a clear stone reservoir. The base layers included 12" of 2" to 3" clear stone on the bottom, followed by 12" of ¾" clear stone, and 1" of smaller gravel on top with no fines. Left: Also installed at this residence was a matching walkway that curves from the drive to the front door. The border's brown sailor course was reduced to one layer, so as not to overwhelm the smaller area. The week spent installing the job by the two-man crew included a day's worth of cutting. Landscaping beds were added as were limestone boulders that provide a decorative accent and help transition the hardscape to the surrounding areas. Bottom: As an afterthought, a 1,400-pound granite millstone was installed as the centerpiece of the driveway at this home in Alton, N. H., by Nature's Elite with help from Swenson Granite of Concord, N.H., which supplied the stone. The work was 95 percent complete when it was decided to add it. Once the millstone was set with a boom truck with a lift, the final pavers were cut to fit around it. 30 LC DBM (Continued from page 28) DBM LC

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