Patio Installation in Southeast Michigan

Patio installation creates an outdoor room just beyond your door: a solid, level surface where you can set up a table, pull up a few chairs and actually spend time in your yard. It's part of our hardscapes work, the structural side of a landscape that gives it shape and gives people a place to gather.

Because we also design and build water features, we pay close attention to how a patio connects to everything around it. It can be the place you sit to watch a waterfall, the landing that frames an outdoor fountain or simply a comfortable spot to eat outside. Every layout is planned around your home, your yard and the way you like to spend time outdoors.

A patio involves more than the surface you walk on. The ground beneath it has to be prepared and graded so it stays stable and sheds water, and that hidden work is what gives a patio its durability. The layout also needs to account for doors, walkways, slopes and any water features nearby. Sun, shade and the view from the house play into where the patio should sit, too.

Decisions that shape the design:

• How you plan to use it, such as dining, lounging or entertaining
• The size and shape that suit your yard
• The colors and style you're drawn to
• Whether it should connect to a pond, waterfall or fountain