Secondly, we want to make certain that the patio slopes from the house outward, that’s because any water that runs off the roof up here, will hit the patio, run away from the house and not back toward the foundation. This line right here is at grade down at that end and up here and we’ve measured in several places to make sure that it is consistently 3 inches from the string, down to the ground. We’ve done three things: first of all we made sure that the area we dug out here is uniformly 3 inches deep. Now probably the single most important step in a patio project like this is making sure that the ground underneath is properly prepared. Needless to say none of our children will be named, Bart, Lisa or Maggie. Now what’s the most common thing people say to you? I think one of the first tricks learned was unlisted phone number. So seriously Nat, what’s it been like, growing up Homer Simpson? WE’RE ALSO GETTING A HAND FROM MY ASSISTANT CARPENTER SCOTT HAINES, WHICH GIVES ME A CHANCE TO GET BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH HOMER “NAT” SIMPSON. MEET DAVID SCHULTE…MY ALWAYS PRESENT BUT RARELY SEEN CARPENTER WHO HELPS SPEED UP JOBS LIKE THIS ONE FOR THE SAKE OF TV. The reality of hard labor meets the magic of television. I thought this was the part that was done with the magic of television. The bad news is we’ve got to take about three inches of soil out every place inside the string here.ĭIGGING OUT THREE INCHES IS NECESSARY TO KEEP THE TOP OF THE PAVERS LEVEL WITH THE REST OF THE YARD, BUT IT’S ALREADY GOT NAT WONDERING WHAT HE’S SIGNED UP FOR. We’ve got a plan to start with right now. Otherwise this would be meaningless.Īll right so that’s the good news. That’s right because we’ll know how to do it now.Īnd I won’t come back and help. I’ve kind of drawn the line there because I’m not sure how much material we have right now.Īnd if we don’t have enough material today you guys can always extend this back further on. My only question is could we not go a little deeper with the pavers? That’s almost just the weight of the hammer there.ĪFTER DRIVING IN OUR FIRST FEW STAKES, WE OUTLINE THE BOUNDARIES WITH STRING, PULLING IT TAUT FOR A STRAIGHT LINE. So raise it up a little higher and if you just almost let it fall…. You’ve had a lot of wrist action in here. So the idea is to let gravity do some of this work for you. Okay can I give you a hammering suggestion? Well that’s three down, two hundred and seventy to go right?ĪFTER DETERMINING THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR PATIO…WE BEGIN STAKING THEM OUT. There’ll be some gaps along the edges perhaps, so we’re going to run probably an edging block along the side and then fill the space between the edging block and the pavers with the pea gravel right here.īut before we do anything with this I want to go back around to the other side and sort of lay this out on the ground there so we can sort of get into agreement on what the shape is going to be.Īll right. We’ll be digging out a little bit of the soil that’s there, putting some leveling sand down so that we get a nice level surface on these. And we have some other materials here as well. They’re designed to interlock the shapes one with the next. Now this is actually a man made material but I have to tell you that’s pretty convincing. This is a product called Nature Walk by Matt Stone. Well you know the only depressing thing about this is that we’re going to have to lift every one of these and carry it to the other side of the house. Will that work for you?Īh yes the materials are here. So the material I was thinking about guys is kind of a, it’s a paver but it looks a little bit more like natural stone. Now you just haven’t gotten back here yet. Well you’ve done a great job on the front of the house. So we’re, we’re going to work in the yard today? The patio? This is one of the first good things that’s come out of it. ![]() What’s it been like to go through life as Homer Simpson? We just didn’t get any of the royalties you know. SO, THE SIMPSONS HAVE ASKED ME TO HELP THEM CREATE A COTTAGE-LIKE BACKYARD PATIO AND GARDEN. ![]() NOW NOTHING WOULD BE BETTER ON THOSE WARM SOUTHERN NIGHTS THAN TO MOVE THE GATHERING OUTDOORS AND THE SIDE YARD OFF THE KITCHEN WOULD BE PERFECT…IF THERE WERE A LITTLE MORE TO IT THAN DIRT AND WEEDS. HE AND HIS WIFE AMANDA ENJOY THE THEATRE AND SIPPING WINE WITH FRIENDS. HOMER NATHANIEL SIMPSON OF COLUMBIA HAS LITTLE IN COMMON WITH HIS FAMOUS NAMESAKE. COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA IS LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE STATE, WHICH IS PRECISELY WHY IT WAS CHOSEN AS THE CAPITOL IN 1786.īURNED TO THE GROUND DURING THE CIVIL WAR, IT HAS RE-GROWN INTO A GLEAMING CITY WITH ENOUGH ARTISTIC QUIRKINESS TO CLAIM ITSELF HOME TO THE WORLD’S LARGEST FIRE HYDRANT.ĪND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, RIGHT HERE IN THIS 1930’S BUNGALOW NEAR DOWNTOWN, LIVES HOMER SIMPSON.…NO NOT THAT ONE. TODAY’S HOUSECALL BRINGS ME TO THE FIRST CITY IN AMERICA NAMED AFTER CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
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