Greenville: Boulders and Patio

Patio built in Greenville from WI-quarried limestone

This project in Greenville, WI required us to marry native stone quarried on site from an adjacent, defunct quarry with materials quarried from an active, large-scale, professional quarry.  While you might think stone is stone, the challenge was presented when trying to use the native stone to build a uniform, segmental structure from stone that was irregular in size, shape and contour, and have it dovetail with stone quarried from a an operation with a location in Eden, WI where the tolerances are much tighter.

The result is what you see above and below, colorful local limestone boulders making the retaining wall, many in excess of 2,000 pounds, height varying between 6″ and 15″, with the more refined finish of lighter colored limestone used as the step treads and seat wall.Limestone retaining wall and pavers, built in Greenville

In the above picture you can notice a few details of the project, like the large capstone boulder appearing inlaid within the paver patio; this is the future site of a small fireplace to warm the chilly Wisconsin evenings.  If you look closely, you’ll also see receptacles built into the seat wall, as well as switched low voltage lights, mortared beneath the capstones of the seat wall to provide navigation and ambiance lighting to the area. Below, you can see the rough-in of the outermost receptacle in progress.

Details within mortared, split-faced limestone seat wall

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