BEFORE 1: My son Derek replaced the original sidewalk 15 years ago (or more) with these aggregate slabs, each 36 inches square (approximately a metre). Each is positioned 6 feet (2 metres) from the wall, just outside the area covered by the overhang of the roof.
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BEFORE 2: The covered area under the overhang is unused, and is covered by bark chips, divided from the walk by wooden railway ties. They hjave not moved a bit in 15 years! Derek did a VERY good job.
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BEFORE 4: The walk runs from the driveway to the front steps, a preformed structure of reinforced concrete. Utilitarian, and as attractive as a Stalnist apartment block.
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BEFORE 5: On the other side of the steps is a narrow flower bed, edged with more railway ties. Derek constructed this at the same time as thr walk, shortly after all the windows in the house were replaced (and this bay window installed) in November 1994.
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BEFORE 6: These clumps of grass were planted by Sue over the past few years, in the hope that a walk might one day meander through their midst.
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BEFORE 7: Watch this space!!!
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AFTER 1: ...and this is what it looked like 15 minutes after the contractors had completed their wrk. Note that the blocks are still VERY wet.
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After 2: Where the old walk was, is now the edge of a new flower bed, while we can walk from the door to the driveway under cover. Given the direction of the prevailing winds, this area under the overhang receives almost no snow, hence provides a sheltered walk all year round!
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