New project uncovering an old look.

The walkway in front of our house has always looked ugly. Two obvious, uneven slabs of gray concrete, with little bits of metal sticking out in odd places. At the end nearest the driveway, the slabs are crushed, and interesting colored bricks shine through. So, thinks I, there must be more brickwork underneath and that would look far more fascinating than the ugly, uneven, cracked concrete.

Well, today was the Hubby's day off, and he decided to put this idea of mine to the test. He went out and started whaling on the concrete.

Sure enough, there was brickwork beneath. Interesting squarish bricks in different colors, probably as old as the house. The upper slab came up almost all in one piece and we found that part of the concrete was held together by metal mesh, while the rest of it was held together by... clothes hangers.

Yep. Clothes hangers. That's the former owner allllll over! Slap-dash, that's enough. Spend as little as possible when making repairs. We're still living with his slap-dash attitude.

I'm looking forward to seeing what it looks like once the whole thing is cleared and swept and the ant colony we disturbed finds another residence.  I'll post pictures when I can.

Project in progress

I'll put most of this under lj-cut to spare my f-list, but here are some pictures of the "brick walkway" project. When Boy #1 came home he was not happy that Dad had started demolition before he could help, so he, his brother, and a friend finished demolishing the lower walkway.

( See for yourself )