Does your picnic table reside on your lawn? Do you have to move it every time you mow? Pretty frustrating right? Good! A real nuisance, especially if the table is big! Creating an under-table paver solves this small challenge and also doesn’t impose a huge amount of work or expense. And it looks fantastic! And you can proudly say that you built it yourself!

Most picnic or barbecue tables are between 5 and 10 feet wide at their widest point. (Many, these days are hexagonal or octagonal, so a square pad is best suited. As long as your table is no more than 10′ wide, a 10’*10′ pad would be ideal. First thing to All you have to do is locate the position you want to have your picnic table in. Just remember that changing it after you put the pad in will take quite a bit of work.You can choose any size of pavers, however, a 2’*2′ paver, would be so big means you don’t have to put as many.

Purchase the 25 2″ pavers (added pebbles on top look great) and you will need 4 lengths of 2″*4″ treated lumber 10′ long as well as 8 4″ galvanized nails and some wood for the pegs.

Lay the pavers on an unused section of grass. Leave a little space between them to allow for the sand. Now measure the distance along each side, cut the wood at 45 degrees, and nail the surrounding frame. It will be a perfect fit. Now move the wooden frame to the exact location where you want to place your picnic table. Make sure it is square by measuring from corner to corner. Mark around the outside of the frame with a shovel. Move the frame and dig out the grass area to a depth of 4″.

Now place the frame in the excavated area. Check the square. Now you need to get the entire level of the framework. Drive the pegs into the ground inside the frame and when you have it level, drive the pegs into the frame. The frame should be level with the height of the grass.

Now you need some sand, about 1 3/4 cubic yards of sand. This will raise the bottom of the excavated area about 2″. Level with a rake. Now you need to make a board to filter the sand to the correct level, a little less than 2″. The board should sit on the frame and extend down 1 3/4″. Continue to work on it until the area is as level as possible. This will determine the level level of the pavers. Without walking on the sand area, place all 25 pavers in the arena area will fit together perfectly with a little space in the middle.

You need a little more sand to spread over the top of the pavers. Sweep the sand until all the holes are filled. Next, it’s time to compact the pavers. This can be done with a board and a hammer. The vibration will settle the pavers into the sand. When this is done it may require a bit more sand. Continue consolidating until no more sand disappears. Sweep the area of ​​all the sand and voila, you have a perfect paving pad for your picnic table. No more moving the table to mow the grass!