I want to extend my patio. I recently bought a little ground-level

I should add, I've never done any kind of project like this before.

The men in my family were completely incompetent when it came to handyman stuff, so I don't want to ask their advice.

If my idea sound idiotic, please tell me what I am doing wrong. That's why I am asking. Hopefully some handier anons on here can set me down the right path.

Oh, hey, my captcha is "pancakes"

Most delicious capctcha ever.

I'm not much of a handy person but I don't think I'd use sand, because it's gonna settle and make your paving stones uneven and unstable. you're probably going to want to pour concrete.

I would also run your plan by /diy/ if you haven't already and see what they think.

and make sure you call the city before you do it and find out if you need a building permit or not.

good luck OP, I'm gonna go look for some red green reruns on youtube or something. I miss that show.

>>17464223

thanks, anon!

>>17464182

Go to /diy/
Take pics of your patio and post them in your thread as ypu create it, several angles and shit so prople can visually identify what you have to do with.
Get good advice
Build stuff

>>17464182
Chances are that you don't have the right to do it. Your purchase covers the interior of your unit. The public spaces (entranceways, etc) and communal spaces (front and back yard, possibly basement) don't belong to you, but to the landlord or the condo association.

You MIGHT have a deed that gives you ownership of part of the yard, but even then there are probably limits to how you can alter things without condo board approval.