Barn courtyard, Mill Race Road ·
A permeable courtyard by the creek
A gravel court between a stone house and a barn that turned to mud every spring. Now the rain soaks through it, and the creek next door gets it clean.
- What we did
- Gravel court regraded, 14 in of open-graded base, large-format permeable pavers with chip-stone joints, an overflow to the creek bank
- Area
- 960 sq ft
- Time
- 5 days
- Cost
- $27,300 all in
The court sits between the house, the barn and a small creek, and every thaw it went soft and rutted. The township limits how much of a lot this close to the creek can be paved solid, so a standard drive was never an option.
We regraded the court and dug fourteen inches down, laid fabric along the sides, and built the base up in three grades of clean, washed stone, each compacted. Large-format permeable pavers went on top with chip-stone joints, and a perforated pipe carries any overflow to the creek bank. On the first heavy rain the owners sent us a photo of a dry court with the creek running full beside it.
Lay sheetJob 260612
- Area
- 960 sq ft
- Pavers
- 24×24 in, permeable
- Joints
- ASTM No. 8 chip
- Bedding
- 2 in No. 8 stone
- Base
- 4 in No. 57 stone
- Sub-base
- 10 in No. 2 stone
- Overflow
- Perforated pipe to the bank
- Fabric
- Geotextile on the sides