started doing random home exterior work on 1june,,
been at it every daylight moment my body can offer.
this work is back breaking to say the least, but worth it.
posting random progress shots as we moved forward.
approx 900sqft done by me, chance and the wife in the afternoons and weekends across three weeks.
A few shots of the stone work area before cutting up the ground
might as well get some more materials ready and add some gravel to the driveway since its 1400ft long
time to let my son chance run the bob cat
we concluded that running a roto tiller took us way way too long for the time frame & goals we have.
time to pour come stone for water leaching
now we have all three tiers pretty much ready with the slightest downhill grade for water mitigation
time to get materials moving,, tried to keep the pics in time order but they may not come out like that in how they land here on the board
some in progress pics
and here are more,, cause we arent nearly done yet
and another pic
now we should be really close to done with some minor touch ups,, need to add a stone herb garden box even up with the garage foundation to improve that look.
next year the garage gets an exterior face lift.
so what is the first thing little trolls do?
thats quite a project
I know how much work that it. I did some landscaping for my old boss using premade stone.squares.like that. a lot, a lot of work. dump.sand and then gravel in the cracks and tamp it down good so it won't wash away.
good work Scott.
thanks,,
I found a trick to all this that i learned half way through week two.
you need these two tools to make it go REALLY FAST
tool #1
get one of those wooden fold up rulers , you dont see them much ,not sure what they are called but i have like six of them all older than me.
You open it up and basically use the fold up ruler and shape it to your opening your trying to fill.
now walk over to all the flat rocks you took off the pallet and find the rock that fits the shape the best.
tool #2
a cheap side grinder but with a stone cutting blade on it.
set the rock down into the area your trying to fill but*** set the edges on top of the already placed stone. Use your side grinder to "trace out" the shape just barely. now move your new stone out of the way for a minute,, cut away the areas on flag stone you etched on, hit along the lines you cut with a chissel, now set your new stone into its new home.
tool 3,,, a very good back... or a dolly to roll the rocks over to your work area.
Looking good Scott...
Travis
you can usually find those fold up rulers at lowes or home depot. we use then because there none conductive to measure distance from power wires when attaching new lines.