Landscape — Phase 1
Posted on May 17th, 2008 – 8:23 PMBy Jason Hammond
Late last week our concrete guy (Fred Lutz and his sons) showed up to frame up our front walk and driveway. These guys were certainly some of our favorite subcontractors on this project and helped us with not only our front step and patio but had also done the excellent tile work in our bathrooms. However, this week they were back at their area of expertise —concrete.
Stacy and I both love working with Fred because he not only takes pride an interest in his work, but he also seems to really enjoy the challenge of working on something different, like our project always working to ensure that what he does matches with our vision. So we felt more than comfortable when the first opportunity they had to pour the driveway and front walkway came while we were out of town for the week.
When we arrived at home today from our little vacation, we were really pleased to see the driveway and walkway were complete. Not only does this mean that we can move onto the next step of our landscaping (the front rock and edging) but it also meant that we could finally minimize the amount of dirt that’s been being tracked into the house on little feet.
the sidewalks steps appear to float away from one another…
…creating the perfect natural path from the front door to the driveway.
A close up on one of the circular forms that will be removed and replaced with turf. This will not only create some interest in the driveway design but additionally help to manager more of the run off. You can see the dark gray color (referred to as “green”) caused from the moisture being release from the concrete as it cures.
Besides the driveway being added I can’t believe how much greener it is. The photo above was taken just a week earlier.
7 Responses to "Landscape — Phase 1"
Amazing how different the seasons are there. We’ve been greened up since early March down here. Love the steps and the turf circles in the driveway!
looking good jason. did you remember to use the high volume fly ash concrete?
cheers,
matt
Yes we requested it and both our General Contractor and concrete guys use it almost exclusively.
Hope to get some of the hard scape done in the next few days and move to get the sod in place potentially next weekend.We were hoping that our that our seed would take which has some but we need to have a lawn established soon in order to be in compliance with the city requirements or forfeit a rather hefty deposit.
Jason
Jason
Pamela,
Generally I enjoy your comments but there is no need to taunt us. JK.
Seriously, it has been a very late spring here.
Jason
I must admit I was a bit put-off by the earlier,winter view pics of your house and the site. It seemed a bit monolithic & cold but with the green framing it looks just fab! I can’t wait to see what it looks like later this summer & I really can’t wait until fall color season.
Hi Diane,
It’s interesting to hear that comment. When we originally purchased the lot it was mid-summer and the lot was thick with trees and unfortunately a lot of Buckthorn which we had to remove. However, when that first winter came a year ago we were both a bit afraid of the somewhat naked nature of the lot. We’ll remedy some this in the next few years as we plan to add some more trees in along the street and some evergreen type trees along the back hillside. This should really add some great color as well as create a little more sense of privacy all season long.
Jason
Heh. Sorry. 
It has been an unseasonably cool spring here though. Although today it is 91 and sticky humid so you can laugh at me today. 
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