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I should have explained the house more clearly, sorry. The house does not have a basement and is on crawl space. The left half of the house is 2' above grade. The right half of the house is almost at grade. You can see 2 different sill levels in the picture. The sill level on the left side of the house is at the inside floor level.
The sill below the big windows on the right side of the picture is approx 1' above the inside floor level, i.e. the bottom of those big windows is about 1' from the inside floor level.
I suppose I could have a deck. I just like the stone patio look.
I am conused about "damage to the house"; "patio against conventional framing" remarks above. The lateral forces from the patio along the length of the house are going to be on the brick wall. What woudl that have to do with the framing.
I suppose I could also have steps going down from the french door to a single level patio at or slightly above grade.
Ideally I would love to step out of the
kitchen on the patio instead of taking 2-3 steps down. Easier to carry stuff in and out.
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