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Backyard adventures of InDaRed2
- Thread starter InDaRed2
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88mitsu
Dumpster Defense Squad
If you had built this deck out of old pallets, you woulda been done by now.
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Lilyota
RIP 7/22/2023
I keep popping in to see if the grass is still there
Still didn't take out the strip of grass.
Got the forms all up and some more rock down. Still got some left to do yet but I'm the home stretch.
Next step will be rebar grid. Still on the fence if I want to drill it into the house or not. Seeing mixed opinions online...
Got the forms all up and some more rock down. Still got some left to do yet but I'm the home stretch.
Next step will be rebar grid. Still on the fence if I want to drill it into the house or not. Seeing mixed opinions online...
It's a patio not a garage
Footing are nice so if / when the ground settles you don't get a gap under the slab.
Drummer79
Red Skull Member
Something tells me that hard ass clay isn't going anywhere lol.. My sympathies on digging it by hand.
2big bronco
Og irate
Still didn't take out the strip of grass.
Got the forms all up and some more rock down. Still got some left to do yet but I'm the home stretch.
Next step will be rebar grid. Still on the fence if I want to drill it into the house or not. Seeing mixed opinions online...
I drilled mine into the house and the sidewalk cracked everywhere I did
And those little wooden stakes will not keep the top edge of your for straight no matter how much you think the will.
Correct. My house footers are poured directly on the clay with no gravel base. Read the engineering soil report before they built my house.
Can't figure out how to multi quote on my phone...
Don't think I'm going to tie it into the house. The little pad I tore out was and the rebar was bent straight down from the pad falling. Surprised it didn't crack the pad as it was bent pretty good.
The stakes are 2x2". I'm planning putting some 2x4 kickers and maybe putting more in or letting the concrete guys put their metal stakes in when they pour.
The guy that runs the crew that poured the patio up the street came down to ask if I wanted the extra rock they had (hell yeah I did, about 1/2 yard) and we got to talking about prices and stuff. He said he charges 9.50 per square foot to stamp. He said the guy I talked to (owner of the company that subs him in) just doubles what he charges him. Ugh. He was going to come talk to me but the owner of the parent company beat him to talking to me.
Oh well a buddy is doing it even cheaper that what he charges.
Pt_Ranger_v8
A dministrator
Have you thought about pouring a fence so you can't see the neighbors houses?
and maybe not keeping that stretch of grass next to the house?
and maybe not keeping that stretch of grass next to the house?
Mr Stubs
Taste my rainbow, bitches
So you are going to have it color/stamped?
Meh...
Meh...
Might close in the are in the far left of the pics on the corner of the house under the stair landing. We got some outdoor curtains to put up under the deck also. The neighbors on that side are rarely outside so it shouldn't be an issue. The people behind us are though and when the leaves are on the trees you can't see through the wooded area so the curtains will be up in the winter.
And no the grass is coming out and landscaping still going in.
Mr Stubs
Taste my rainbow, bitches
Come to terms now, knowing it runs a high chance of looking like shit new and definitely will look like shit five years from now.
Keep in mind that picture is immediately after stamping. They do not use a powder anymore during the stamping process and have switched to a liquid release/dye which is why it looks wet like that. I don't have a picture of that particular project after it's complete.
midwestzj
Red Skull Member
the stamping and coloring will look good. that little grass spot that everyone is complaining about will look nice with the landscaping too. We had something similar to that with the patio in our old hours. this is just after i sealed it.
Pt_Ranger_v8
A dministrator
Of courtse it's gonna look good, but this is Irate and we have a reputation to uphold
Mr Stubs
Taste my rainbow, bitches
I’m just giving you my opinion from years of experience.
I’m just a little anal retentive with a eye for detail.
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Ted_Kaczynski
On A Journey
Why don't you have a fence? Good fences make good neighbors.
Why didn't you square the pad up and take it out to make a landing for the stairs, even if you had to step it down?
Why didn't you square the pad up and take it out to make a landing for the stairs, even if you had to step it down?
Looks good. But definitely put some bracing in to support the longer boards of your form, unless you like decorative curved sides .
Yes I plan on putting kickers on the long boards.
Fence is a little tricky with the wooded area behind my house. The rear property line is an old barb wire fence with some big old oak trees so I would have to step the fence in on my property some and just don't really want to.
When we get a heavy rain water runs through the area between the stair landing and farthest deck post so if I poured out to it, it would make a dam for the runoff. Builder kind of screwed me there as they pushed my house back 5 feet off the building line. Putting the stairs at that spot was really the only logical solution unfortunately.
You shouldn't have hauled off that extra dirt so you could build up and grade it off around the porch like this.
Ted_Kaczynski
On A Journey
Why is your form so out of square with your deck post footers?
Why would you not at least encompass them?
A pipe under grade/slab would handle drainage so you could pour a landing for the stairs. I don't understand the reasoning for the shortcuts you're taking, but then getting the concrete stamped. Take the stamping premium and put it towards doing it right and forgo the stamping.
Why would you not at least encompass them?
A pipe under grade/slab would handle drainage so you could pour a landing for the stairs. I don't understand the reasoning for the shortcuts you're taking, but then getting the concrete stamped. Take the stamping premium and put it towards doing it right and forgo the stamping.
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Meh that would be unused space and just a waste of money in my opinion.
Why is your form so out of square with your deck post footers?
Why would you not at least encompass them?
A pipe under grade/slab would handle drainage so you could pour a landing for the stairs. I don't understand the reasoning for the shortcuts you're taking, but then getting the concrete stamped. Take the stamping premium and put it towards doing it right and forgo the stamping.
Must be an optical illusion in the pics. It's square to the deck piers. They are 2+ inches lower than the concrete will be so that's just that much more dirt to dig out. Plus I'm going to build that area up to get the water run off away from the piers.
Not sure what shortcuts I'm taking? Plus a friend is doing the stamping cheaper than I could get anyone to simply broom finish it.