The actual build begins Note: I’ve set the build posts up to go out on a daily basis. There will be 12 posts. While the time to complete the building was about three weeks, delays were mostly due to rain and heat. So the posts will be like there were no delays. Yes I do…
The most crucial delivery of all. Day 0
The building is now on the schedule!!! It’s early June. No material delivered yet. However, the most important structure was just delivered!
Finishing the wall in style
I would like to take a moment to comment about two things. First, “building retaining walls is for a younger crew!” Twenty-two 36″ holes, a 36×36″ trench sixty feet long, drilling and driving the rebar into the forty two ties (3-4 bars per tie) left me just a little sore and tired. But I got…
Dead man walking
The wall was progressing nicely. I was able to borrow my neighbor’s forklift attachment that fit my tractor so lifting and moving the ties was relatively easy. I’d drop them into the trench, most of them landing upright. I’d use a sledge to knock them into place. Once I started the third course of ties,…
All and all, it’s just another tie in the wall
It was time to start the most critical structure designed to keep the dirt (and the building) put. The wall would have two sections. The first section would be a little over 40′ long and 42″ (6 courses) tall My source for telephone poles would be running thin for the next few weeks. l couldn’t…
Downspout tile rerouting
Once the dirt was removed, I had another repair project. I knew this one was going to be needed. The downspouts on the west side of the house dropped into 4″ tile and drained west some 40′ down the hill and out to the timber. Once the grading started, he found the tiles immediately. I…
22 Tons and what do you get?
A lot of CA-6 to move With a nod to Tennessee Ernie Ford I had two tandem loads of gravel delivered. The rock would serve as a base for concrete floor as well as keeping the job site from getting too muddy. We a transit to make sure the gravel was spread evenly and in…
Locating the shed where it will live
The wall was continuing to take shape. The courses of poles were slowly getting to the string. But as the rows of poles were added, I was getting a little uneven and more importantly, gaps were developing between the poles. That was going to be a problem. Going to all the trouble to build a…
I forgot how much ‘fun’ jackhammering was
The name on the hammer was ‘Brute’ and it was that I’d hoped that I could just leave the shed step pad where it was and have them pour the new floor over the top. But after careful measuring it was going too close to the edge of the building and possible not deep enough….
And so it starts
The first retaining wall The building was moved to it’s temporary location, I’d organized the material and it was time to start. Believe it or not, I actually had a plan-on paper. Well at least some sketches. And while I did change the plans somewhat, it was good to give me an idea on materials…