I've got a paved patio but water tends to lay on the surface a bit due to
the texture of the stone. With all this rain I'm looking for something to
put down so that people don't have to walk in puddles when we have a BBQ.
I've looked at wooden decking squares but they seem horribly expensive for
even poor quality versions.

Any ideas?

CWatters wrote:
I've got a paved patio but water tends to lay on the surface a bit
due to the texture of the stone. With all this rain I'm looking for
something to put down so that people don't have to walk in puddles
when we have a BBQ. I've looked at wooden decking squares but they
seem horribly expensive for even poor quality versions.

Any ideas?

If you don't already have 1, the cheapest way to remove the puddles is
buy a leaf blower. Just blow the water right off in short order time!!
:-)

Tom J

"Tom J" wrote in message
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CWatters wrote:
I've got a paved patio but water tends to lay on the surface a bit
due to the texture of the stone. With all this rain I'm looking for
something to put down so that people don't have to walk in puddles
when we have a BBQ. I've looked at wooden decking squares but they
seem horribly expensive for even poor quality versions.

Any ideas?

If you don't already have 1, the cheapest way to remove the puddles is buy
a leaf blower. Just blow the water right off in short order time!! :-)

Tom J


Better than my idea, I was thinking drill some 1/2 holes in the pavement and
fill with pool filter sand.

Clark

"Eggs Zachtly" wrote in message
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Seriously, a backpack blower would make short order of the puddles.

Trouble is here in the UK they will fill up again about 5 mins after you
dried them :-(

Tom J said:

CWatters wrote:
I've got a paved patio but water tends to lay on the surface a bit
due to the texture of the stone. With all this rain I'm looking for
something to put down so that people don't have to walk in puddles
when we have a BBQ. I've looked at wooden decking squares but they
seem horribly expensive for even poor quality versions.

Any ideas?

If you don't already have 1, the cheapest way to remove the puddles is
buy a leaf blower. Just blow the water right off in short order time!!
:-)


Get outta my head, yoo. =)

Seriously, a backpack blower would make short order of the puddles.

--

Eggs

If you're too open-minded, your brains will fall out.

CWatters wrote:
"Eggs Zachtly" wrote in message
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Seriously, a backpack blower would make short order of the puddles.

Trouble is here in the UK they will fill up again about 5 mins after
you dried them :-(

You are trying to have an outdoor party while it's raining?? You do
have trouble!! Spend the money to put a shelter over the patio!!

Tom J

"Tom J" wrote:
CWatters wrote:
"Eggs Zachtly" wrote in message
...
Seriously, a backpack blower would make short order of the puddles.

Trouble is here in the UK they will fill up again about 5 mins after
you dried them :-(

You are trying to have an outdoor party while it's raining?? You do
have trouble!! Spend the money to put a shelter over the patio!!

Tom J

Bingo.

"Steveo" wrote in message
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"Tom J" wrote:
CWatters wrote:
"Eggs Zachtly" wrote in message
...
Seriously, a backpack blower would make short order of the puddles.

Trouble is here in the UK they will fill up again about 5 mins after
you dried them :-(

You are trying to have an outdoor party while it's raining?? You do
have trouble!! Spend the money to put a shelter over the patio!!

Tom J

Bingo.

I've got a shelter/gazebo to keep the rain off the BBQ but it won't stop 1"
of water that flows across the patio and through the gazebo in the weather
we've had recently. Normally the drains cope fine but it's been raining so
very hard recently. Will probably will keep raining for several more weeks.
I heard the jet stream is too far south. We've got towns flooded 9 feet deep
and several thousand homeless up north.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/grap.../nflood130.jpg

Still party on folks! Perhaps I'll just buy a few paving slabs and put them
down in the gazebo like stepping stones :-)