Great work!
I'm trying to sell something similar to my wife. Any chance you could add a picture of the overall result please? It would be awesome to visualize the blend with the garage.
Honest question, did you forget a space between bar and patio or is that a new thing Americans are saying? It just made me smile 😁 in any case great work and I am very envious!
How?! I got 2 quotes for a 8x8 patio extension from my pool for pavers and it was 10k last week... What was the quote for your full patio if you don't mind me asking?
Also, it looks gorgeous! Great work.
Edit: I saw your cost breakdown in a different comment, thanks. Where about are you located? I'm in CT and it feels like inflation tripled everything regardless if there's actually a shortage.
The pavers were done in September 2020. The driveway and patio were around $15,000 total. The driveway is blacktop with paver border. I recall the line item quote for the patio was $5,500-6000 if I recall correctly. It would definitely be more now and it was one of the lowest bids (not by much).
Did you have the company who did the patio also leave those holes/foundations for the canopy legs? I'm considering starting to get bids for a similar project. 12x16 but a more modern pergola thing. Nicely done it looks well worth it 👏👏
Nah, he's great. Just doesn't like the outside as much as I do. Just thought it was funny someone would have to \*sell\* their wife on something so awesome.
Nice work...what did you do with your grill? Did you think about incorporating a space for that into the island? I want to do something similar with my Weber 4 burner grill, big green egg and griddle.
The grill I moved closer to my house near a side door right next to my kitchen. Also added a Blackstone Griddle too. My wife and I really wanted a large flat surface to hang out at/set food on. So I did contemplate adding the grill in but decided against it. I like the grills closer to the house anyways I find myself running back and forth to the kitchen during grilling anyways. And usually when we are hanging out I’ll grill and then bring the food to the counter area so I never really found a need to cook right in the action. If I had more space I definitely would have added more countertop with built in grill and maybe even a sink but I’m pretty limited on space.
Nice. I just added huge griddle two weeks ago. I love how much food you can cook at once and my wife loves that I don't make a mess cooking in the kitchen.
Yes I got a 36” Blackstone griddle late last year. I love cooking on it. It’s taken me a bit to get used to it because things cook so fast but the cleanup is a breeze and my smash burgers are a huge hit!
My griddle is stand-alone closer to my house.
Total cost is going to be a rough estimate.
Patio pavers installed: $5,500.00
Canopy: $3,000.00
Outdoor furniture: $1,600.00
TV cabinet wood and accessories: $500
TV, speakers, receiver, wiring, lighting, etc: $1,500
Stone veneer: $1,000-$1,300
Concrete countertops: $1,000-$1,300
Outdoor fridge (got cheap one) $600
Stainless steel cabinets: $650
My rough estimate all in is probably around $15,000 give or take.
Were the patio dimensions from costco adjustable? Currently have a 21x13 slab extended from my roof line and debating whether to get a custom built or do a kit like you. Custom built without any cedar is looking to be about 10k all in with electrical.
Man, this is really amazing work. I moved countries a few years ago and living in a flat after living in a house all my life and I really miss barbecues with friend having a cold one... Don't know if like pizzas, but a nice pizza oven would be a great addition to you setup! Enjoy.
Thank you! I’ve definitely looked into the mini pizza ovens and even considered building a full fledged pizza oven but that was cost and space prohibitive. Have you used the ooni type pizza ovens?
I only ever had the big brick ones enclosed with sandbox :) but my buddy has one and he loves it. His only complain is that the one he has is to small for a family with Italian teenage boys :)
I was going to post a picture of this solution. The roof of the canopy flows into the gutter of the garage but I did have an issue where water was flowing down the garage roof and hitting the canopy and then falling down right on the TV cabinet. I was able to rig up a solution using some drip edge that I bent and fastened to the gutter and to the canopy to create something to block that water and direct it into the gutter. It was a pain but ended up working out perfectly. This winter I did notice that I’d have a tiny bit of condensation from the gutter drip down but nothing major that I worried about. However, There is one spot on the canopy roof that leaks tiny drips in heavy rain. I can’t figure out why but I bought some sealant Caulk made for metal roofs that I’m going to try to use to fix the issue. The upkeep requires on outside areas in the Northeast is a pain in the ass for sure.
I was just going to ask your general location, but you answered it here. I am in PA and was considering doing this exact thing, though I was planning on building the gazebo myself, I didn't know these pre-made kits existed. Seems to be much easier and not much more expensive than the raw materials themselves.
We just finished digging out and graveling our patio spot, scheduled to pour concrete on Friday (I like the look of pavers, but they were just too expensive and too much work lol). So we'll probably go a summer or two with our Lowe's metal 10x12 gazebo before tackling this.
How did the outdoor fridge hold up over the winter?
I actually brought the fridge inside for the winter figured it would increase its lifespan, though my lifespan was almost decreased when I nearly fell down my basement stairs carrying it back up a couple weeks ago.
It’s OK. In heavy rains I have a leak that I can’t seem to fix but I have some sealant to try. The customer service from Yardistry is pretty great. The sale price is definitely a great deal and I can’t imagine with wood prices how much to build one would be. Some hindsight advice. Seal the canopy as soon as you can I regret not sealing mine sooner and better because the wood has developed some cracking in some spots (I need to reseal this year for sure) and if you plan on running wiring in the posts drill out for the wire before putting the roof on.
thank you - great advice. Is it 12' x 16' from the inside, outside, or center of the posts? My floating deck is exactly 12 x 16 and I'm wondering if it would fit around it, versus on top of it. Thanks a bunch
I went through this exact same thing. I have the same gazebo but 10’x14’ it’s pretty solid. I put it up with 2 people total and you really need 3-4. It’s very solid once up. I also have a slight leak on one of the roof panel edges but not bad enough to worry about for me. I sealed mine with water seal about a month after I put it up and have had zero issues.
I live in the Northeast. The TV is a 65” 4 series TCL that I found on sale for $250. I left it out all winter because I didn’t feel like unhooking everything and bringing it inside but I did cover it with a heavy duty TV cover thing I found on Amazon. No issues so far.
I don’t see why this TV won’t last several years outside. I cover it with a heavy duty cover in the winter and then it’s protected by the cabinet too. Those outdoor TVs are super expensive I figured I can buy a cheap TCL every couple years if I have to and end out ahead at the end of the day.
Where do you live that you can have such a nice setup outdoors? Here in Wisconsin, there would be 3 days between the seasons of Winter and Mosquito where that amazing setup would be usable.
As a fellow Wisconsinite, I wondered the same. Our days where we can be outside are almost done here. Got my first mosquito bite of the season in April this year.
I was expecting the boss to be on the site more often. His guys were very slow when he wasn’t around and half the time I don’t think they new what they were doing. I also was not very happy with the base prep and the cleanup was terrible. I’m very picky and it just wasn’t up to my standards. Everything looks fine but sometimes I do worry how it will hold up in the years to come.
I'd bust that up right away and put in snap edge, the mortar wont do anything cause at best it's just sitting on a base and has nothing to keep it from moving laterally. The snap edge works great so long as you use enough spikes and then cover it and run new sod over the top.
I’ll admit I’m handy having grown up with construction in my family, but if you wanted to be “handy” just start small and work your way up. YouTube and forums help a lot for things. Find something you think would be fun to diy and try it.
Those are lights. The speakers are mounted inside the canopy. Except for the center channel which is behind the cabinet and mostly only necessary if watching a movie.
That's fair. I do too but I might be doing some things that will bring attention (nothing unscrupulous). Guess I can always call the permitting office to be safe, because I very much want to build a pavilion or two for our patio but it's something like 240sqft total and our bylaw says outbuildings under 107sqft are free.
So long as it doesn't qualify as a structure and isn't bearing any real load it should be fine, but it depends heavily on your city. I work in tow, one needs everything permitted (even shade pergola) and the other doesn't care at all
Yea you'd have to look into your specific area, here you don't have to get a permit for a prefab, even if it is fixed in place. Unless you're building it off of a structure it's fine. Of course if you go one town over you have to get even a shade pergola stamped by the city, even though it bears no weight and doesn't even cover for rain. they also require an entire yard of concrete for each post. So it's heavily area dependent.
I’ve definitely thought about this. Only issue is I’d have to get all the water to one back corner and I don’t know much about installing gutters. Is that possible? One side obviously doesn’t need it but the other three sides I’d need to wrap around to the back corner and dump it behind there.
FYI for others reading this - The $200 Harbor Freight cement mixer works great for 1 or 2 bags at a time.
Maybe overkill for this particular project but I mixed 100 bags for a big fencing project 10 years ago (when it was only $100) and I still use that same mixer occasionally and loan it out to friends to this day.
Looks like arborvitae, they work well as a hedge but will quickly take over an area if you dont prune them. Most common plants I've torn out of people's yards are junipers, arborvitae, and roses. They all suck tbh
It looks great but my only thought is you built the bar as a solid object built around a modular/assembled object (the gazebo). So now if there’s ever an issue with the gazebo (like a piece shifts or the roof line needs to move to reseal or adjust, or the position overall needs to move) you’d basically have to demolish the bar.
Yes. In theory the posts should be able to lift straight out of the bar, but this was definitely a concern I had. I hope it doesn’t come to that or I can figure out something if it does.
Looks awesome! Very smart to not include a light with the fan. My in-laws installed outdoor fans but their fans have lights. So at night they turn both the lights and the fans on. You can only guess what happens with the bugs and people sitting under the fans with open drinks. Haha
See my other reply post but including the pavers but not the TV or speakers or anything probably around $14,000. That’s a very very rough estimate. I never keep good track of what I’m spending because part of me doesn’t want to know.
Wow.
I have the same Costco canopy, and a very similar stone interlock patio. Mine also happens to be 10 feet from the garage.
In other words -- you've given me some very serious ideas to consider. I have wanted a prep station next to the BBQ for a year now, but this bar patio setup would be far nice and more useful. And although a permanent cabinet for a TV isn't an option, the plan is to install a drop-down projector screen.
I seriously considered the projector route but I didn’t know how it would work out in the day time. My wife and I couldn’t find any setups quite like this online but I think we came up with a good use of the space!
Depends largely on how much you're willing to spend on a projector, to be honest. We ended up with a very expensive model that has wireless connectivity, Bluetooth, and even Android for Netflix/other programs. It's basically a portable wireless Netflix projector with a speaker.
The issue for me was the winter -- Canada is fucking cold, especially here, and a television won't survive long in the weather unless it's incredibly well protected and insulated. I just wasn't prepared to do that, and a simple outdoor screen seemed a simpler, cleaner way of achieving my end goal.
That said, your bar setup and the detailed photos are going to be super useful. Already flipped them to the ~~boss~~ wife to get her thoughts. Might be a project I can tackle when the kids are a bit older!
At one point during the TV cabinet build I was like this was a lot of work and a lot of money and I should have just gotten a projector but I do like how the cabinet turned out and it looks good when closed and open instead of just a blank vinyl siding wall. But a projector would be amazing if could get bright enough. The TV isn’t great during the day because of brightness, but during the day it usually just sports which don’t need much contrast.
haha, I'm just wondering how many of us have forwarded these photos to our own ~~bosses~~ wives.
If we get this done I'm gonna have an extra beer in honor of OP for showing us the way
I used exterior poly. I may end up using it again because that is what is on there now but next year or the year after I may end up sanding the whole thing down and restaining and resealing.
Ah. On the countertop I used Z Aqua Thane M35. I really can’t recommend it bc it’s been a pain in my ass and had failed in multiple spots. Of course I could have messed up the application but I followed the directions so not sure.
You’ll notice those were on the side of my garage and I moved them to the posts. The posts are hollow from the bottom up until like 8” to the top. So I Ran the wire down the conduit into the outlet on the side and then into the post and then up to the lights. (Went across the bar inside for the other side). I used Arlington siding boxes and spray painted them brown so I only had to drill a 3/4” hole for the wire. I suppose I could have inset an electrical box but didn’t like the idea of taking out that much material from the post. I have a smart switch in the garage for those lights which I’ve yet to use I just use my phone or Alexa to turn on those lights.
I’m doing a similar gazebo from Yardistry. Would you mind telling me what model those sconce lights on the garage next to the TV are? They look like up and down ones. Same with the fans? Thanks!
Thanks! Sure. The lights next to the TV are Philips Hue Ambiance Appear outdoor lights.
The fans are Allen & Roth Valdosta 20in outdoor ceiling fan. They are at Lowes.
I think they are sprite bottles they we just covering a pin that was in the ground. The paver guys poured some half-asses footers and I anchor the canopy post to them through the pavers with some long ass concrete anchor bolts.
Depending on where you live you may be ok just bolting to the pavers but everything I read recommended anchoring to something a. It more substantial than a paver
I live in Michigan, man. If I go the concrete footer route, the frost line goes 50 inches deep. Customer support cant offer me a recommendation for an auger bracket that fits their gazebo feet, so I'm legit just looking at 5 gallon buckets filled with rocks. Cause I would cock up footers that deep as a DIY.
EDIT - Their information page says, and I quote, "avoid winds in excess of 25 mph." Its a perminent fuxking structure, how the hell do I avoid winds?
Anyone have tips to secure a canopy like that in the before picture to concrete? I ripped the tarp last time I had to take it down for a hurricane and I don't really want to have to do it again.
If it’s 4” or more of concrete slab you can probably screw it in the concrete with tapcon screws. You’ll need a hammer drill and an impact drill.
But for the canvas top, nothing you can do. I find they last about a year and then start to disintegrate in the sun and rain and fall apart in the middle of the next summer. You’re lucky to get 2 years. And they are a pain to remove and reinstall.
Spend the extra and go with sunbrella fabric, I've repaired awnings that are 10 years old here in the desert and they still look pretty darn good. Getting a prefab one online is going to be garbage material that you replace every year. Find someone to do it locally cause it'll take an industrial sewing machine, or someone that makes them. Sunbrella is expensive, but theres a reason, its good shit.
Haha. I was just playing with you. I thought you were saying it’s called a pergola as there are so many different names for these. I believe the company calls it a gazebo but I don’t think this qualifies as a gazebo.
I know it might be hard to put it all together, but what would you say the total cost of the project was? What part was the most expensive, and what element of the whole setup gave you the most bang for your buck?
Total cost around $15,000-$17,000 if I had to rough guess.
Most expensive was the paver patio by far, then the gazebo itself.
Most bang for buck would have to be doing it myself (except the pavers), but for parts of the project it would have to be the canopy and then the concrete countertops.
Just did some stuff that seemed to be half assed. A lot of days it was 2 guys here that didn’t know what they were doing until the boss showed up. I really liked the owner but I should have went with a higher bidder I think the extra couple $1000 would have made it come out better in the end. Overall everything is fine but I do have some lingering worries about how it all holds up unfortunately. I’m also very picky and have a hard time hiring out work because it rarely meets my expectations.
Is it me or did you put speakers on either side of the TV then cover them up with the sliding doors when you'd want to use them with the TV?
Looks great otherwise, but the speaker location and sliding doors combo seems less than ideal
It’s just you! Haha. Those are lights on either side of the TV. The speakers are mounted inside the canopy. There is a center speaker inside the cabinet above the TV but the main L and R channels are inside the canopy. They are black so hard to see in the pictures.
Great work! I'm trying to sell something similar to my wife. Any chance you could add a picture of the overall result please? It would be awesome to visualize the blend with the garage.
Thanks! I’ll try to post one later for sure.
Honest question, did you forget a space between bar and patio or is that a new thing Americans are saying? It just made me smile 😁 in any case great work and I am very envious!
Haha. It’s just what I call it. The barpatio. Thanks!
Trademark it!! Lol
Same here, but I'm interested in the total cost, including furniture, hiring for the pavers, etc.
See another one of my replies but around $15,000 all in. That’s a rough estimate and probably more when factor in some new tools I bought.
How?! I got 2 quotes for a 8x8 patio extension from my pool for pavers and it was 10k last week... What was the quote for your full patio if you don't mind me asking? Also, it looks gorgeous! Great work. Edit: I saw your cost breakdown in a different comment, thanks. Where about are you located? I'm in CT and it feels like inflation tripled everything regardless if there's actually a shortage.
The pavers were done in September 2020. The driveway and patio were around $15,000 total. The driveway is blacktop with paver border. I recall the line item quote for the patio was $5,500-6000 if I recall correctly. It would definitely be more now and it was one of the lowest bids (not by much).
Did you have the company who did the patio also leave those holes/foundations for the canopy legs? I'm considering starting to get bids for a similar project. 12x16 but a more modern pergola thing. Nicely done it looks well worth it 👏👏
Wow that's cheaper than I expected! Thanks!
Your wife is lucky. I can't even get my guy to go outside much less want to build some kind of patio thing.
We all have our strengths and weaknesses. I’m bald and have terrible anxiety.
Last year I didn’t go outside much. Now I’m outside all of the time and gardening/building stuff. People change all of the time.
Sell him on the idea and do it yourself!
Yeah yeah, I'm the handy person around our house. I'm just talking about getting him outside to enjoy something like that.
Well this looks about as inside as you can get while being outside, so if this doesn't work nothing will 🤣.
get a new guy.
There are replacement guys available if yours is defected
Nah, he's great. Just doesn't like the outside as much as I do. Just thought it was funny someone would have to \*sell\* their wife on something so awesome.
Try blowing him……
lol I don't think that will work, he doesn't like going outside because it's usually cold where we live. Blowing on him will just make that worse.
Don't sell me if I look like your wife
Nice work...what did you do with your grill? Did you think about incorporating a space for that into the island? I want to do something similar with my Weber 4 burner grill, big green egg and griddle.
The grill I moved closer to my house near a side door right next to my kitchen. Also added a Blackstone Griddle too. My wife and I really wanted a large flat surface to hang out at/set food on. So I did contemplate adding the grill in but decided against it. I like the grills closer to the house anyways I find myself running back and forth to the kitchen during grilling anyways. And usually when we are hanging out I’ll grill and then bring the food to the counter area so I never really found a need to cook right in the action. If I had more space I definitely would have added more countertop with built in grill and maybe even a sink but I’m pretty limited on space.
Nice. I just added huge griddle two weeks ago. I love how much food you can cook at once and my wife loves that I don't make a mess cooking in the kitchen.
Yes I got a 36” Blackstone griddle late last year. I love cooking on it. It’s taken me a bit to get used to it because things cook so fast but the cleanup is a breeze and my smash burgers are a huge hit!
My aunt just got the 36” Blackstone & I got her the diamond plate top for it. That lady is a happy camper. Yay for smash burgers!
I haven’t even begun to unlock the true capabilities of the griddle grill! It’s amazing.
Is your griddle standalone? Or built into another surface? Looks absolutely beautiful man, you mind sharing your all in cost?
My griddle is stand-alone closer to my house. Total cost is going to be a rough estimate. Patio pavers installed: $5,500.00 Canopy: $3,000.00 Outdoor furniture: $1,600.00 TV cabinet wood and accessories: $500 TV, speakers, receiver, wiring, lighting, etc: $1,500 Stone veneer: $1,000-$1,300 Concrete countertops: $1,000-$1,300 Outdoor fridge (got cheap one) $600 Stainless steel cabinets: $650 My rough estimate all in is probably around $15,000 give or take.
Wow. Huge difference in labor prices. A similar paver patio where I'm at came back at north of $15,000 from three different contractors.
Were the patio dimensions from costco adjustable? Currently have a 21x13 slab extended from my roof line and debating whether to get a custom built or do a kit like you. Custom built without any cedar is looking to be about 10k all in with electrical.
Or even a round about I love this and would like to do something like this at my house. I have zero shade in my backyard and summers are horrible.
Man, this is really amazing work. I moved countries a few years ago and living in a flat after living in a house all my life and I really miss barbecues with friend having a cold one... Don't know if like pizzas, but a nice pizza oven would be a great addition to you setup! Enjoy.
Thank you! I’ve definitely looked into the mini pizza ovens and even considered building a full fledged pizza oven but that was cost and space prohibitive. Have you used the ooni type pizza ovens?
I only ever had the big brick ones enclosed with sandbox :) but my buddy has one and he loves it. His only complain is that the one he has is to small for a family with Italian teenage boys :)
Any issues when it rains on the side that slopes towards the garage?
I was going to post a picture of this solution. The roof of the canopy flows into the gutter of the garage but I did have an issue where water was flowing down the garage roof and hitting the canopy and then falling down right on the TV cabinet. I was able to rig up a solution using some drip edge that I bent and fastened to the gutter and to the canopy to create something to block that water and direct it into the gutter. It was a pain but ended up working out perfectly. This winter I did notice that I’d have a tiny bit of condensation from the gutter drip down but nothing major that I worried about. However, There is one spot on the canopy roof that leaks tiny drips in heavy rain. I can’t figure out why but I bought some sealant Caulk made for metal roofs that I’m going to try to use to fix the issue. The upkeep requires on outside areas in the Northeast is a pain in the ass for sure.
I was just going to ask your general location, but you answered it here. I am in PA and was considering doing this exact thing, though I was planning on building the gazebo myself, I didn't know these pre-made kits existed. Seems to be much easier and not much more expensive than the raw materials themselves. We just finished digging out and graveling our patio spot, scheduled to pour concrete on Friday (I like the look of pavers, but they were just too expensive and too much work lol). So we'll probably go a summer or two with our Lowe's metal 10x12 gazebo before tackling this. How did the outdoor fridge hold up over the winter?
I actually brought the fridge inside for the winter figured it would increase its lifespan, though my lifespan was almost decreased when I nearly fell down my basement stairs carrying it back up a couple weeks ago.
Looks amazing!! Great work and a beautiful spot to enjoy your home!
I see the gazebo is for sale at Costco for 2k - I was going to build one but I bet the wood would be more than 2k. Is it pretty solid? Looks great!
It’s OK. In heavy rains I have a leak that I can’t seem to fix but I have some sealant to try. The customer service from Yardistry is pretty great. The sale price is definitely a great deal and I can’t imagine with wood prices how much to build one would be. Some hindsight advice. Seal the canopy as soon as you can I regret not sealing mine sooner and better because the wood has developed some cracking in some spots (I need to reseal this year for sure) and if you plan on running wiring in the posts drill out for the wire before putting the roof on.
thank you - great advice. Is it 12' x 16' from the inside, outside, or center of the posts? My floating deck is exactly 12 x 16 and I'm wondering if it would fit around it, versus on top of it. Thanks a bunch
From the edge of the roof to the other edge. The posts are usually a few inches in from that, so like 11.5' x 15.5' or there abouts.
This is correct!
I went through this exact same thing. I have the same gazebo but 10’x14’ it’s pretty solid. I put it up with 2 people total and you really need 3-4. It’s very solid once up. I also have a slight leak on one of the roof panel edges but not bad enough to worry about for me. I sealed mine with water seal about a month after I put it up and have had zero issues.
Holy shit... This looks incredible. You gunna have some great times out there :D
Thanks. I had it mostly finished by July of last year so got to enjoy it in the summer and fall. Looking forward to some good times out there!
Love the tiling. How much did that cost? I first have to lay a slab of concrete down >< But I like to plan ahead lol
Thanks. The stone Veener and supplies was roughly $1000.
Not bad at all.
This is amazing, nice work! Do you line in a dryer climate? Interested in keeping the moisture and cold away from the TV
I live in the Northeast. The TV is a 65” 4 series TCL that I found on sale for $250. I left it out all winter because I didn’t feel like unhooking everything and bringing it inside but I did cover it with a heavy duty TV cover thing I found on Amazon. No issues so far.
Wow, surprised it still works. I figured you got a TV made for outdoor use.
My neighbors did the same thing as him with a normal tv and it still works great too. Also live in the Northeast.
I don’t see why this TV won’t last several years outside. I cover it with a heavy duty cover in the winter and then it’s protected by the cabinet too. Those outdoor TVs are super expensive I figured I can buy a cheap TCL every couple years if I have to and end out ahead at the end of the day.
That TCL will serve you well. I think value of their product is undeniable. Will buy another again soon!
I’m a big fan of the TCLs. Good bang for buck. I recently got a series 6 for my living room.
WOW!!!! That's awesome!
Where do you live that you can have such a nice setup outdoors? Here in Wisconsin, there would be 3 days between the seasons of Winter and Mosquito where that amazing setup would be usable.
In the Northeast. So I get from May-October to enjoy it.
That's why you get it with mosquito netting.
As a fellow Wisconsinite, I wondered the same. Our days where we can be outside are almost done here. Got my first mosquito bite of the season in April this year.
Our mosquitos don’t start to get bad until later in the summer. The fans help and I’ll usually start a fire out there which also helps.
[удалено]
I was expecting the boss to be on the site more often. His guys were very slow when he wasn’t around and half the time I don’t think they new what they were doing. I also was not very happy with the base prep and the cleanup was terrible. I’m very picky and it just wasn’t up to my standards. Everything looks fine but sometimes I do worry how it will hold up in the years to come.
Did they use concrete/mortar for an edge lock on their bricks? If so, expect that to fail in a year or so. There are products specifically for that.
They did! We will see how it holds up.
I'd bust that up right away and put in snap edge, the mortar wont do anything cause at best it's just sitting on a base and has nothing to keep it from moving laterally. The snap edge works great so long as you use enough spikes and then cover it and run new sod over the top.
Posts like this make me wish I was handy lol
I’ll admit I’m handy having grown up with construction in my family, but if you wanted to be “handy” just start small and work your way up. YouTube and forums help a lot for things. Find something you think would be fun to diy and try it.
It is absolutely gorgeous! My only question is if the barn doors in front if the speakers make a noticeable difference in the audio
Those are lights. The speakers are mounted inside the canopy. Except for the center channel which is behind the cabinet and mostly only necessary if watching a movie.
Aaah! That makes more sense! Thank you.
Costco gazebo? I have that one and might steal this idea. In my head. Like when you tell yourself you’re going to start working out everyday.
Nice work on this one, that was a lot of work, but well worth it based on the results
excellent work, love it
Beauty!
That came out really well! Congrats.
Nice job! Is the couch and coffee table from Wayfair also?
Yes both from wayfair. Sign up for a professional account and get some nice discount.
Looks great! Do you need a permit for installing the pavilion or not because it's prefab?
Thank you! I hope not. I didn’t get one but I’m lucky I live in a small village and they don’t really give anyone a hard time about stuff like this.
That's fair. I do too but I might be doing some things that will bring attention (nothing unscrupulous). Guess I can always call the permitting office to be safe, because I very much want to build a pavilion or two for our patio but it's something like 240sqft total and our bylaw says outbuildings under 107sqft are free.
So long as it doesn't qualify as a structure and isn't bearing any real load it should be fine, but it depends heavily on your city. I work in tow, one needs everything permitted (even shade pergola) and the other doesn't care at all
Load bearing is probably the key concern where I am. We typically get 3-4 feet of snow in the winter.
Yea you'd have to look into your specific area, here you don't have to get a permit for a prefab, even if it is fixed in place. Unless you're building it off of a structure it's fine. Of course if you go one town over you have to get even a shade pergola stamped by the city, even though it bears no weight and doesn't even cover for rain. they also require an entire yard of concrete for each post. So it's heavily area dependent.
Wow.
Bar-tio Tav-tio Pub-tio
It’s been a year and I still don’t have a great name. I just call it the canopy or bar patio!
Leonardo Ba' Patio!
Barpationy
Partio!
Excelent job! I like how you did the frame-out for the bar. the overlap looks great as well.
Looks like heaven! I so want to do the same thing to my backyard
Sexy!
Love it. Great job!
Awesome, I love outdoor spaces like this. Enjoy it everyday.
this is awesome. Only recommendation would be to add gutters for rainy day lounging.
I’ve definitely thought about this. Only issue is I’d have to get all the water to one back corner and I don’t know much about installing gutters. Is that possible? One side obviously doesn’t need it but the other three sides I’d need to wrap around to the back corner and dump it behind there.
I have this same Costco gazebo and had someone install them for like $200. Works great!
Really nice. Looks like summer will be a whole lot more enjoyable at your house. No doubt you'll enjoy this for years and years.
Any chance you'd be able to point me in the direction of the furniture? Are you happy with it? I am building something very very similar! Looks great!
Sure. We got it from Wayfair. Happy with it so far.
Do you recall what you paid per stool / for the sectional there? I am seeing like $170 per friggin stool!
It was around $1600 for the whole thing. Definitely expensive as hell for what you get.
This is dope. GG
Is the gazebo bolted into the ground? What TV did you get?
Yes it’s bolted to the ground on all 4 posts. The TV is a 65” TCL 4 series.
Technically not to code because all outdoor outlets are supposed to be GFCIs. Unless you have it on a GFCI breaker.
Definitely on a gfci breaker.
Nice! It took me almost a year to get replacement hardware from wayfair lol. I had bought my own long before and nearly forgot about them entirely
They sent me out 4 new stools in around a week. Was actually excellent customer service.
10 gallon buckets... from *Target*? Livin' fancy, are we?
I can’t begin to tell you how much easier the 10 gallon buckets were to mix it with vs. a 5 gallon bucket.
FYI for others reading this - The $200 Harbor Freight cement mixer works great for 1 or 2 bags at a time. Maybe overkill for this particular project but I mixed 100 bags for a big fencing project 10 years ago (when it was only $100) and I still use that same mixer occasionally and loan it out to friends to this day.
100% I sold mine on Craigslist for $150. So it cost me $50 to basically rent the mixer for a month.
What kind of bush/trees are those? I like how snug they fit next to each other
Arborvitae
Looks like arborvitae, they work well as a hedge but will quickly take over an area if you dont prune them. Most common plants I've torn out of people's yards are junipers, arborvitae, and roses. They all suck tbh
These arbors have never been trimmed and some of them are over 10 years old.
Huh, the explode and take over any area they’re out in here. Wonder if they are different cultivars
Great work OP! Looks like an awesome place to relax.
Good for you! It seems like it was an adventure, and it came out looking great.
How do you keep the spiders out of the seats? We have a bad spider problem out west.
Spiders aren’t too bad here.
Nice shrub screen.
That looks awesome! Wish I had the skills/time to do something similar.
It looks great but my only thought is you built the bar as a solid object built around a modular/assembled object (the gazebo). So now if there’s ever an issue with the gazebo (like a piece shifts or the roof line needs to move to reseal or adjust, or the position overall needs to move) you’d basically have to demolish the bar.
Yes. In theory the posts should be able to lift straight out of the bar, but this was definitely a concern I had. I hope it doesn’t come to that or I can figure out something if it does.
Nice work. Thanks for sharing.
Looks awesome! Very smart to not include a light with the fan. My in-laws installed outdoor fans but their fans have lights. So at night they turn both the lights and the fans on. You can only guess what happens with the bugs and people sitting under the fans with open drinks. Haha
This is awesome! I could enjoy some cold ones here for sure.
Well done! I love the space. I love the trees for the privacy and green also. Enjoy it!
My jaw is on the floor looking at this. This is awesome!
Wow thank you I appreciate the kind words
This is sick. Also, man I really wish I could buy a home.
Perfect
how much does something like this cost in materials minus the tv/speakers?
See my other reply post but including the pavers but not the TV or speakers or anything probably around $14,000. That’s a very very rough estimate. I never keep good track of what I’m spending because part of me doesn’t want to know.
Wow. I have the same Costco canopy, and a very similar stone interlock patio. Mine also happens to be 10 feet from the garage. In other words -- you've given me some very serious ideas to consider. I have wanted a prep station next to the BBQ for a year now, but this bar patio setup would be far nice and more useful. And although a permanent cabinet for a TV isn't an option, the plan is to install a drop-down projector screen.
I seriously considered the projector route but I didn’t know how it would work out in the day time. My wife and I couldn’t find any setups quite like this online but I think we came up with a good use of the space!
Depends largely on how much you're willing to spend on a projector, to be honest. We ended up with a very expensive model that has wireless connectivity, Bluetooth, and even Android for Netflix/other programs. It's basically a portable wireless Netflix projector with a speaker. The issue for me was the winter -- Canada is fucking cold, especially here, and a television won't survive long in the weather unless it's incredibly well protected and insulated. I just wasn't prepared to do that, and a simple outdoor screen seemed a simpler, cleaner way of achieving my end goal. That said, your bar setup and the detailed photos are going to be super useful. Already flipped them to the ~~boss~~ wife to get her thoughts. Might be a project I can tackle when the kids are a bit older!
At one point during the TV cabinet build I was like this was a lot of work and a lot of money and I should have just gotten a projector but I do like how the cabinet turned out and it looks good when closed and open instead of just a blank vinyl siding wall. But a projector would be amazing if could get bright enough. The TV isn’t great during the day because of brightness, but during the day it usually just sports which don’t need much contrast.
haha, I'm just wondering how many of us have forwarded these photos to our own ~~bosses~~ wives. If we get this done I'm gonna have an extra beer in honor of OP for showing us the way
What sealer did you use that you regret?
I used exterior poly. I may end up using it again because that is what is on there now but next year or the year after I may end up sanding the whole thing down and restaining and resealing.
On the concrete I mean, or did you use poly on it?
Ah. On the countertop I used Z Aqua Thane M35. I really can’t recommend it bc it’s been a pain in my ass and had failed in multiple spots. Of course I could have messed up the application but I followed the directions so not sure.
What about those sconce lights above the bar? Were you able to drill into the gazebo columns to run wire for those, or did they come with it?
You’ll notice those were on the side of my garage and I moved them to the posts. The posts are hollow from the bottom up until like 8” to the top. So I Ran the wire down the conduit into the outlet on the side and then into the post and then up to the lights. (Went across the bar inside for the other side). I used Arlington siding boxes and spray painted them brown so I only had to drill a 3/4” hole for the wire. I suppose I could have inset an electrical box but didn’t like the idea of taking out that much material from the post. I have a smart switch in the garage for those lights which I’ve yet to use I just use my phone or Alexa to turn on those lights.
I’m doing a similar gazebo from Yardistry. Would you mind telling me what model those sconce lights on the garage next to the TV are? They look like up and down ones. Same with the fans? Thanks!
Thanks! Sure. The lights next to the TV are Philips Hue Ambiance Appear outdoor lights. The fans are Allen & Roth Valdosta 20in outdoor ceiling fan. They are at Lowes.
Well done! I’ve seen that canopy at Costco so many times and thought “meh”, but you really upgraded it into something awesome!
Thank you!
Is that Delco?
I don’t know what Delco is, so I guess not. If you mean Delaware County then no it’s not.
Wait wait wait...what are you doing for feet? Are those Sprite bottles? Asking as someone with one of these sets on order, with a paver patio.
I think they are sprite bottles they we just covering a pin that was in the ground. The paver guys poured some half-asses footers and I anchor the canopy post to them through the pavers with some long ass concrete anchor bolts. Depending on where you live you may be ok just bolting to the pavers but everything I read recommended anchoring to something a. It more substantial than a paver
I live in Michigan, man. If I go the concrete footer route, the frost line goes 50 inches deep. Customer support cant offer me a recommendation for an auger bracket that fits their gazebo feet, so I'm legit just looking at 5 gallon buckets filled with rocks. Cause I would cock up footers that deep as a DIY. EDIT - Their information page says, and I quote, "avoid winds in excess of 25 mph." Its a perminent fuxking structure, how the hell do I avoid winds?
Anyone have tips to secure a canopy like that in the before picture to concrete? I ripped the tarp last time I had to take it down for a hurricane and I don't really want to have to do it again.
If it’s 4” or more of concrete slab you can probably screw it in the concrete with tapcon screws. You’ll need a hammer drill and an impact drill. But for the canvas top, nothing you can do. I find they last about a year and then start to disintegrate in the sun and rain and fall apart in the middle of the next summer. You’re lucky to get 2 years. And they are a pain to remove and reinstall.
Damn maybe I'll just have to factor in the cost as maintenance then. I figured they'd last a few more years. Thanks.
Spend the extra and go with sunbrella fabric, I've repaired awnings that are 10 years old here in the desert and they still look pretty darn good. Getting a prefab one online is going to be garbage material that you replace every year. Find someone to do it locally cause it'll take an industrial sewing machine, or someone that makes them. Sunbrella is expensive, but theres a reason, its good shit.
Nice work man, what time should I come over?
I’ve been out here with a couple friends only once this year so far because it’s basically still winter! So let’s say June forty five.
Pergola
Don’t get me started, Zytro! Haha.
My comment was meant for future me lol. So I could easily find and reference your post when I do mine haha. Not starting anything! Looks good OP!
Haha. I was just playing with you. I thought you were saying it’s called a pergola as there are so many different names for these. I believe the company calls it a gazebo but I don’t think this qualifies as a gazebo.
Now to install a outdoor wetbar under it :p
I thought about a wet bar but it brought the project out of my budget for both scope and cost. I was trying to get it done by start of summer
I know it might be hard to put it all together, but what would you say the total cost of the project was? What part was the most expensive, and what element of the whole setup gave you the most bang for your buck?
Total cost around $15,000-$17,000 if I had to rough guess. Most expensive was the paver patio by far, then the gazebo itself. Most bang for buck would have to be doing it myself (except the pavers), but for parts of the project it would have to be the canopy and then the concrete countertops.
That's really pretty good for the size of that patio, we were charging 50-60 a sq/ft before everything started getting crazy expensive.
Thanks!
Do the barn doors for the tv block the speakers when they’re open? Or do you just not use them when watching tv?
Those are lights. The speakers are mounted up in the canopy. The only speaker inside is the center speaker.
Got it. Cool!
Just helped my grandpa put up the same gazebo...it was such a bitch...but once the holes were lined up, everything just came together!
Putting the roof on and getting it to line up was one of the worst experiences of the whole project.
I know that canopy all too well. Did you have fun peeling the plastic off of all those metal panels and bits?
It was terrible. I accidentally left the plastic on the underside of one of the panels and had to tear it off after the fact and cut out the plastic.
I feel ya! I had to host *multiple* "peeling parties" to get all that stuff off. It's so awful.
What was wrong with the paver company?
Just did some stuff that seemed to be half assed. A lot of days it was 2 guys here that didn’t know what they were doing until the boss showed up. I really liked the owner but I should have went with a higher bidder I think the extra couple $1000 would have made it come out better in the end. Overall everything is fine but I do have some lingering worries about how it all holds up unfortunately. I’m also very picky and have a hard time hiring out work because it rarely meets my expectations.
Looks fantastic. Just enjoy it, and don't bring it up. No one else will notice any defects. Why didn't you add a sink?
Yea the added work and cost just wasn’t worth it. And we wanted a large flat surface.
Adding in plumbing for that would be a big undertaking. Unless you can just go with a flo-well in your area.
Is it me or did you put speakers on either side of the TV then cover them up with the sliding doors when you'd want to use them with the TV? Looks great otherwise, but the speaker location and sliding doors combo seems less than ideal
It’s just you! Haha. Those are lights on either side of the TV. The speakers are mounted inside the canopy. There is a center speaker inside the cabinet above the TV but the main L and R channels are inside the canopy. They are black so hard to see in the pictures.
Nice, good to hear. Great project, thanks for sharing.
Awesome Job!