Patio Options For Your Northern Virginia Patio

Patio Options For Your Northern Virginia Patio. When planning a patio project, there are a few options you may want to incorporate into the design. These options include seating walls, outdoor fireplaces, fire pits, outdoor kitchens, and lighting. Importantly, the little things that you do in planning your patio have a big effect on the outcome of the project. Here we show you some features that may bring your patio from mainstream to astounding.

Many Northern Virginia homeowners add water features to their Contractors usually build features like seating walls or fireplaces from cinderblock and finish or veneer them with thin stone. This stone comes in a variety of colors and looks. You can utilize many different types of stone for your patio options. Many different types of stone can be utilized for your patio options. Most often, the thin stone is used for veneering all structures you may want to include in your design. Listed here are some options of different types of veneering stone used by Fairfax Contractor.

Low Voltage Lighting For A Patio

One of the best ways to emphasize your patio project is to include low-voltage lighting. Utilizing modern LED technology, you can enhance your patio's mood and ambiance with simple lighting. Including lighting in your patio project enhances safety, design, and adds a professional finish. Most of the lighting systems we install today utilize LED lighting, this is the standard of the industry. One of the big advantages of installing LED lighting is that is energy-efficient, and produces much more lighting than the old standby systems.

Frequently, people often ask us what exactly LED lighting is. First off, LED stands for light–emitting diodes. Typically, professional landscapers and contractors utilize this lighting system. When designing a low-voltage lighting system, you may want to consider buying a larger transformer than you think you need. Doing so makes your system expandable if you decide to add lighting to other parts of the yard. Before pouring the concrete for your patio project, we should consider installing conduit near the transformer on the outside perimeter of the patio.

Outdoor Patio Fireplaces

If you are considering building a custom patio in Northern Virginia you may want to include an outdoor fireplace. Fairfax Contractor can custom design and install a code compliant outdoor fireplace. Generally, we build the foundation of an outdoor fireplace from block and veneer that block with thin building stone. When considering including an outdoor fireplace with your patio projects we can custom design the perfect design. Also, when designing an outdoor fireplace, you may want to consider its location on your patio. Afterward, we will custom build all the features and options you may desire in an outdoor fireplace.

Outdoor Kitchens

Many homeowners in northern Virginia want to include an outdoor kitchen in their patio design. The most important feature of an outdoor kitchen is a barbecue grill. Surprisingly, there are many options when considering what type of barbecue grill you want to incorporate into your patio. The choices include a built-in propane barbecue, a natural gas barbecue, or a wood-burning grill. Regardless of the barbecue configuration you choose, the main design element is the location. When designing a patio with an outdoor kitchen, one must consider the ability to exit your home and have the outdoor kitchen close to the interior of your home. Beyond installing the quintessential grilling and barbecuing station, other options include an outdoor refrigerator, sink, workstation, and perhaps even a pizza oven.

Pergolas

Installing and designing a custom Pergola for your patio will give you two great advantages, one it certainly has the class to the project, and also offers shade from the midday sun. We can design a wide variety of different pergolas for your patio that is constructed out of either pressure-treated lumber or low maintenance PVC. Typically we will excavate the footings for the support columns before we pour the concrete for your patio.

Once the support columns, which are typically six-inch by six-inch pressure-treated lumber, we will monotonically pour for the footings and the patio at the same time. Working with your designer can come up with a wide variety of designs for the upper structure of your patios pergola. Some of the options we offer our decorative fiberglass columns that will in case the 6 x 6 pressure-treated lumber or we can actually construct a water table of stone around the base of the wood column.

Water Features

Incorporating a water feature in your patio, will not only give you ambivalence but a very unique piece of artwork. The sound of running water in your backyard playground will definitely enhance your guests experience at your patio. Fairfax Contractor can design and build simple to a very complex water feature for your outdoor living space. Though the design may be simply the effects are quite big when adding a water feature to outside hardscape projects. We have the ability to design and build the water feature of your dreams.