I didn't mean for you to come out 5' from the wells. What I envision is a bed in front of the wells which would be a minimum of 18" deep. If you can go wider, it would just give you the opportunity to use larger plants.
I would do the same on either side of the well. The point is to plant around the wells to hide them, by "cutting out" a bed.
If you can't afford to give up that space, I would just ignore the wells altogether. If you have a beautiful flagstone patio, furniture, plantings, etc., the wells will be minor.
I'll try to email you so that you can send me a sketch and I'd be happy to take a look.
Susan
Feb 03, 2010
Ok by: Dan
I understand what you mean by the wall.
What is a cutout u refer to? If I send u a sketch can u let me know your thoughts?
Feb 03, 2010
Thanks by: Dan
Thanks for the reply. I am not sure what you mean by having to build a wall? I thought I would remove the wells and excavate so that the patio is 6" below the bottom of the sill and just lay the patio that way sloping away from house. Why is there a wall needed?
My only concern about not connecting to the house and coming 5' out from the house to give space to plant in front of the window well is reducing my backyard size.
If it turns out that I don't have enough space to put the patio 5' back from house, do you have any suggestions on how to handle the wells? Remove them and just place the patio 6" below sill, or make stone window wells possibly doubling as seating if not too dangerous?
