Originally Posted by
Matt Day
Instead of raising the level of the pavers at the house side, can you excavate down in the area 12’ away from the house? Add a retaining wall and drainage of course. This would lessen the slope toward the driveway too, and I think would eliminate a topper course at the stairs. Speaking of which, there should be a handrail at the stairs regardless of the plan.
I like this answer also.
Your problem is not the patio you want to install, but the site. Push the site level out to a distance beyond the patio, on all sides, and direct the runoff away. A low retaining wall might add a little "dimension" to the project.
Backfill to level the patio with that concrete pad. Your going to be removing a lot of material and backfilling with even more.
That pad is your most "fixed" point of reference. Slope/level off that concrete pad.
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