WHffBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1989, DAGE 5 At this time of year, many people will ho sfitting on their patios, drinking beer and other vile li4uids and in short enjoying, the. sunebine and oppressive. July beat. Those without patios may not ho able'to partake. Take heart; patiô construction, while n ot for the weak-kneed, ain't beyond the reacb of a did-it-yourselfer. So let's take this step-by-stop. Weil caLI it, Bill's guide to interlocking, brick,, or Here's to the Hole in Your Yard., The first stop: planning. Although many bypass this, most experts find it much more professional to Plan your mistakes. .I stress -planning so inuch that I have been known to, take years doodling, sketching and pricing materials. A word of warning: some do-it-yourself authors will provide planà and advice for ail such projects, complote with a list of materials noeded, tho correct. amounts, and the tools required. DESTOY ALL SUCH REFERENCES. Let's deal 'with that now. Weil1 get bock to step-by-step in a moment. Suppose it is the twelfth of July, 35 degrees Celsius, 3 p.m. and the sun makes the hole in your backyard too bot -for Sabara camels. You have your materials; you have your tools; you have your plans. What you don't have is a cold drink, shade, or any reason for combining the two. But if you're winging this project, you can quickly invent a reason to jump in yourair-conditioned car and spend a few bours cruising the building supply dealers pricing. earwig hait. At the very least you can sit down in the shade, put your thumb in your ear and look perplexed. (Looking perplexed-may ho the most important part. Most hystanders are intimidated by a project enginoor wbo looks perplexed.) Let's get back to the job. Keep your target in mind. You want a patio you WITH'OUR FEET, UP by Bill Swan Step by step con sit on to drink' beer,, rigbt? For the sake of argument, lot us say that ber favorite women's magazine as just done an article on the beauty of interlocking brick. Chances are, you11 ho doing interlocking brick. (Many experienced do-it-yoursolfors bead off housebold magazines and slit out pages suggesting patio projects. Or ditch the magazine completely. Think of the bours of faniily fun you can bave, complaining to, magazine publishers and postal authorities about lost items.) So interlocking brick it is. JOB ONE: order the brick. Have it delivered right on the spot where the patio will ho. No use having to move that stuf any more than you have to. JOB TWO: read the instructions. Here you'11 learn tbat the brick goes on top of eitbor two inches of sand over compacted uravel. or six inches of limestone screenings, also compacted. Order the limestone. Have it delivered in a pile beside the brick. JOB 1THREE: first,- remove about 8-10 inches (20-25 cm.) of dirt right where you want the patio. JOB FOUR: open the bundies of bricks and one at a time pile them to one side so you con do job tbree. JOB FLV.E: one shovelful at a time, move the limestone beside the new pile of bricks. So you can do stop threo. JOB SIX: do job three. JOB SEVEN: if you patio is to ho 300 square foot, and you have remnoved 10 inchos of soil, you now have more thon nine cubic yards of dirt sittinig in your driveway. A few phone calis lator you learn that it will cost you about $450 to have this removed. Your wife rejects your proposai to cover it with peat mosu and grow geraniums in it. JOB EIGHT: Having borrowed a small trailer, and a van to pull it, you find a couple 15 miles away wo are dying for dlean I. Four hundrod trips later .... JOB NINE: ThroW the limestono into the pit you have created. Lean on thé shovel and ponder. Order six more yards of limestone. JOB TEN: Level the limestone. Nover mind those fussy birds about levels and guidelines and stuif. Eyeball it. It if looks good, go for it. JOB ELEVEN: Throw in the bricks. JOB TWELVE: Rent a saw for cutting bricks, and another machine to pack the bricks. Throw sand al over, and pack it in. JOB THIIRTEEN:- Sit on it. With enough cold beer to drink, you'll maybe not even notice the humps and spaces and lurches. Don't worry, it could ho worse. Next year, when the frost heaves up from the depths, it likely will be. Next month: repairing your interlocking brick patio. Streets named. aLter almost ail Peter Perry award winners In responso to a letter in last weoks edition of The Free Press, Mayor Bob Attersley says- that streets bave been named, after al but one of the Peter Perry award winnors. In bis letter, Phillips asked council, in p articular councillor Tom Edwards, to keep their pro- mise to namne streets after Whitby's 30 Peter Perry winners and the names of those on Whitby's cenotaph. "'AIl the Peter Perry winnors have been assigned to streets. 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