My backyard is full of mosquitoes. We live on our screened porch except it’s been so muggy we’ve only been eating breakfast out there lately. That said the grill is on a small slate patio, and that paved area does help keep the basement dry. All that is a round about way of saying again, that I’m still for a patio even if you don’t use it much. We thought we’d use ours more, and I still think it makes the yard look more finished.