Built-in seat walls that give a patio permanent seating, frame the space, and wrap around a fire pit or dining area.
A seat wall does two jobs. It gives everyone a place to sit without dragging out more chairs, and it gives the patio a clear edge so it feels like an outdoor room. At Peters’ Patio and Landscape, we build seating walls around patios, fire pits and outdoor kitchens for homeowners in Rochester and southern Minnesota.
Seat walls are usually built about 18 to 20 inches tall with a wide cap, which is a comfortable sitting height. They can be straight, curved around a fire pit, or stepped with pillars at the ends. Pillars are a good place for built-in lights.
Even a short wall needs a solid base. We set seat walls on compacted aggregate below the patio surface so frost does not push them out of line, and we glue the caps so they stay put.
On sloped lots, a seat wall can also hold back soil like a short retaining wall, which turns a slope into usable space.
We look at how many people you want to seat, where the sun and views are, and how the wall will meet the patio and lawn. Then we pick block and cap colors that match or contrast with your pavers.
Seat walls are usually built with a new patio, but they can also be added to an existing one. Ask about adding lights under the caps while the wall is being built.
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