Patio & Outdoor Living Contractor

Patio & Outdoor Living Contractor from E & J General Contracting — a family-owned crew working across Louisville, Bullitt County, and central Kentucky.

What's Included

  • Excavation to 8–10 inches below finished grade
  • Compacted crushed-stone base in 2-inch lifts
  • Geotextile fabric to prevent base migration
  • Bedding sand screeded flat
  • Pavers or flagstone laid to pattern with edge restraints
  • Polymeric jointing sand and final compaction
  • Retaining walls built with geogrid and drainage stone
  • Fire pit, seat wall, and outdoor kitchen rough-ins

Our Process

  • Design

    Walk the yard, talk layout, pick pavers/stone and pattern, plan drainage. Sketch and quote.

  • Excavate & base

    Strip and excavate, install fabric, compact crushed stone in lifts. The base does the work.

  • Lay & joint

    Screed sand, lay pavers, cut to pattern, install edge restraints, polymeric sand, and final plate compact.

  • Finish features

    Build fire pit, seat walls, retaining walls. Final cleanup, walk the job.

Pricing

Paver patios in Kentucky run $18–$28 per square foot installed depending on paver line and pattern complexity. Flagstone runs $22–$35. A typical 300 sq ft paver patio with a fire pit lands $7,500–$12,000. Segmental retaining walls run $35–$55 per face foot. Outdoor kitchens start around $15,000.