How to Build a Backyard Bar

Plan to build your backyard bar on a solid, level surface of either poured cement or landscape pavers, not on dirt or grass. To lay a new foundation, dig 3 inches deep and remove the soil from a 3-foot by 5-foot area where you plan to build the bar. Lay 2 inches of sand in the excavated area and tamp the sand well. Lay paver bricks flat in the sand, tapping them tightly against each other with the rubber mallet. Check to ensure the surface is level, tamping it with the rubber mallet if it's not completely level.

Place a row of four blocks in a straight line to mark the front of the bar, and two blocks at each end, perpendicular to the row.

Make a footrest with the flat concrete slabs. Place the 12-inch by 26-inch flat concrete slabs over the twp side ends of the first row of the bar structure, with 2 inches extending over the front edge. Secure them with masonry adhesive. Place the 12-inch by 24-inch flat concrete slabs over the four blocks of the first row, also extending 2 inches in the front and securing them with masonry adhesive.

Place another two rows of blocks over the concrete slab foot rest, securing them with masonry adhesive by squeezing it from the tube onto blocks in a thick line.

Place two of the 12-inch by 24-inch flat concrete slabs on the two side ends and the two 18-inch by 24-inch flat concrete slabs across the middle, with two inches extending in front the same as the foot rest. Secure them with masonry adhesive. This creates a shelf on the inside of the bar.

Place two more rows of blocks on top of the shelf row, securing them with masonry adhesive.

Install the countertop with the 24-inch by 36-inch flat concrete slabs and masonry adhesive. Place two of them over the sides and one in the middle, leaving a 12-inch overhang in front.