Masons at work

The masons have been on-site all week cutting, measuring and laying new stone.  Work started this week on the fireplace and bench at the edge of the patio.   Each piece of stone is cut by hand and laid in place.  These guys have been cutting and setting stone all week.

 Here's the new fireplace and bench.  It's about 80% complete.  It should be complete once the bench stone is set in concrete, cleaned and sealed.

We selected a stone called Navajo Brown for the patio surface.  It's a very heavy stone similar to flagstone.  The color may not look brown now due to the concrete dust caused by all the sawing.  The stone will look much better once it's cleaned and sealed.

End of a day's work.  It took the crew all day yesterday to add the rock to the bench on the left.  Here you can see the new wall and stairs leading up to the future BBQ.