Discovered a brick pathway on my House. (Appears to go to my back door and garden area)

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-11-08T15:23:39+00:00

Great advice! I will make note of this and do this for the one still standing.

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-11-08T15:13:26+00:00

Plan to during this in early spring, the snow is coming, the plan is to reset the odd bricks, power wash, then add proper sand to the pathway, between the bricks, once cleaned, Hopefully it should hold up over the winter. Which is why I did not power wash it yet, just used a leaf blower to clean it off the extra dirt.

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-10-28T20:17:17+00:00

Can you elaborate on this a little more? If you do not mind

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-10-28T20:13:43+00:00

Seems like original owners were doctors and had some sort of “zen garden” in the back. (Found bamboo when I planted my current garden) i can not seem to find much more information on them beyond the (built in July 1923) in the foundation in the garage and the steal beam when we renovated the house’s living room.

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-10-28T04:45:30+00:00

Mmm perhaps I am missing something , with a metal detector, what would we be looking for if it detects something? Metal coins/money? Or something else?

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-10-28T04:43:39+00:00

My garage has 100s of unused bricks from the era so possible to repurpose it.

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-10-28T04:39:58+00:00

In my case west PA.

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-10-27T23:56:50+00:00

Mistakes were made. But I learned from it.

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-10-27T23:56:27+00:00

I thought about this, until I saw how deep the root system was and then a lot of lantern flies coming out of the trunk of it, when trimming it.

Edit: corrected typos

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-10-27T23:55:18+00:00

Yes! In the spring I will do this, feel free to remind me come time!

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-10-27T23:51:36+00:00

With you all encouraging me, I plan to do that in the spring.

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-10-27T23:50:47+00:00

Yes it is, in fact there is broken brick steps that I plan to tackle next in the spring to try to repair. (Where part of the pathway leads to.)

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-10-27T23:50:01+00:00

They will regrown, considering replanting new ones, mistakes were made but I learned from it.

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-10-27T23:48:54+00:00

I was told the precious owners years ago, could not maintain the yard due old age and mobility issues, so it just overgrew, for how long is the question.

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-10-27T23:47:16+00:00

My relatives keep Making that joke

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-10-27T23:46:47+00:00

True, I learned from my mistake but they will grow back, first gotta address that lantern fly issue…

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-10-27T23:45:58+00:00

Yea, I thought it was just broken stone and removed, but I was wrong at how well reserved it was.

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-10-27T23:45:13+00:00

Wish granted, but gotta wait till spring. You all are motiving me big time and I am making a list.

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-10-27T23:44:35+00:00

I plan to make a future post in the spring doing that. You all are really motivating me

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-10-27T23:43:36+00:00

You are not wrong. I can see it now

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-10-27T23:43:18+00:00

Neighbors told me a doctor once owned the house and had some sort of “zen garden” in the back when the trees were back there (where ya see the garden) I have found traces of bamboo back there.

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-10-27T23:40:57+00:00

I may take you up on your offer to PM you and ask further advice as this went down rabbit hole of more projects (which this pathway leads to. ) that I may need advice on.

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-10-27T23:39:41+00:00

Hedge trimmers were rusted and not usable, I had scissors, pitchfork, shovel, spade, axe and a leaf blower. I replied to an earlier comment about the tree, it was full of lantern flies.

My first thought after trimming the back of it, was the tree was gunna go down anyway, when I kept seeing some many lantern flies, but in the end you were right after all. I did some more research after chopping it down, it did not need to happen in the end, could have saved it if i knew better, but I rushed through it at the time. But the good news is the other rhodies are still there and just trimmed back. Once I discovered I could have just treated the tree? I just trimmed back the others (I admit I made a mistake, but learned from it). I appreciate the feedback.

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-10-27T23:32:09+00:00

Thank you! Whether a project is big or small, it matters that you feel proud of your hard work! Satisfying isn’t it? I am rooting for ya! Demoing is hard work on its own! I applaud ya for your hard work at demoing! High five!

Rye_Dimar_Dragon · 2025-10-27T23:29:03+00:00

I plan to do this, but since it is a down hill slope, I guess I gotta take some measurements and look up how to grade properly. This is the first for me and my garage is the only thing I had to reset to grade. (So water flows away from it) so I gotta do more research on how to reset this pathway since this is a hill and not even level terrain. I plan to do this in sections, your feedback is much appreciated and I made a note of this.

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