Paved outdoor entertaining area with arb...

jordanandrea

Project was our small backyard which when we moved in wasn’t an inviting place to be. We wanted it to be somewhere we could relax in afternoons as a family. We replaced the back fence, painted the retaining wall, replanted the garden beds and most recently, dug up a portion of the lawn and replaced with recycled red brick pavers. Surrounding the space with metal arbors we hope to now grow wisteria up and over.

Materials

- paver sand

- quickset concrete

- monument paint

- mortar mix

- pea straw for garden

- numerous plants

- colorbond fencing

- weed and feed

- seasol

Tools

Steps

Step 1

1. Replaced back fence

2. painted retaining walls

3. replanted garden beds

4. dug up portion of lawn

5. Welded and installed metal arbors

6. laid foundations for paving

7. completed paving.

MitchellMc

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community @jordanandrea. It's sensational to have you join us, and many thanks for sharing your project.

What a lovely transformation! The way you’ve laid the red brick pavers really brings warmth and character to the backyard, and the metal arbours are such a great touch. I can already imagine the wisteria creating a beautiful, shaded area as it grows. Well done!

Mitchell

Dave-1

Good Afternoon @jordanandrea

It looks like a nice area to relax in, It also blends in well with your new garden

Have to say those recycled red bricks really make the place shine.

Dave

shunt

Stunning area, can I ask where are the pavers from? They are just perfect.

KSJ

Thanks for sharing @jordanandrea. Can you advise materials you used for arbor. Many thanks KSJ

EricL

Hello @shunt,

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. It's sensational to have you join us.

Let me tag @jordanandrea as well to make sure they are aware of your kind words and question. It appears that they used recycled red brick pavers, I suggest visiting your local store and having a look at all the available pavers.

Here are some handy step-by-step guides:

If you have any other questions we can help with, please let us know.

Eric

MitchellMc

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community @KSJ. It's fabulous to have you join us, and many thanks for your question on this project.

Let me tag @jordanandrea so they are alerted to it.

From the images, it appears that this might be a prefabricated steel arbour, rather than something they built themselves. I'm not aware of any similar products I could recommend.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Mitchell

jordanandrea

Hi @shunt . These are recycled red bricks, which most were left over from our recent house renovation. They came up well as we cleaned these with hydrochloric acid and then swept off white coloured cement and sand between the cracks. If you are looking for some, I recommend searching for 'B grade recycled red bricks'.

jordanandrea

Hi @KSJ. These arbour it is 125x125x4mm SHS. We sourced these from a local steel supplier and then welded and painted these with an undercoat and monument metal shield paint. Hope that helps.

EricL

Hello @jordanandrea

Thank you for sharing that extra information about your paved outdoor area. Let me tag @KSJ to make them aware of your recommendations.

Eric