Then flatten out the soil and cover the area with 2 to 3 inches of gravel.
Building a raised paver patio.
It ll stand like that for decades and should a repair ever be needed it ll be quick and easy instead of costing thousands and requiring.
To build a paver patio dig out the area to a depth of 6 inches with a shovel taking care to create a slope of 1 inch every 4 feet to allow water to run off.
Cover the gravel with 1 to 2 inches of sand and level it off with a flat board.
Raised patio s are typically much more labor and material intensive making them more expensive than paver patio s closer to ground level.
Use a rake to level out the dirt surface and compact it firmly.
Add fill dirt within the area of your retaining wall leaving room for the base depth plus the brick paver height.
These are just a few of the most common causes that raised paver patios fail.
The result is a paver patio that is retained on all sides with retaining wall block supported from below in an icpi approved fashion using geogrid geotextile.
Clean up the area by sweeping any excess sand away and your raised patio is complete.
Make another pass or two over the surface with the plate compactor adding and or sweeping the sand around as needed.
Next create a base for your patio which will consist of 4 inches of finely crushed gravel and 1 inch of coarse paver sand.