White Gardens

[Edzel]

Originally Posted by White Gardens

Short free standing wall. (not retaining much) I used Mortar on the back half of the blocks so that the mortar won't show in the front making it look like a dry laid wall.

Everyone is welcome to comment or ask questions.

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Make sure the rain water does not get stuck in the inside corner ... i think you need a drain in the wall ... the rest is fine job.. step should be no more than 7.25 inches high..

[White Gardens]

Originally Posted by Edzel

Make sure the rain water does not get stuck in the inside corner ... i think you need a drain in the wall ... the rest is fine job.. step should be no more than 7.25 inches high..

There is a link in post #12, it shows the drainage I did on the side of the house.

Once the water hit my French Drain, (in the corner) then it drops strait down and disappears.

I don't think there was going to be anyway to put a pipe on the back-side of the wall considering the tree roots that were there.

[Edzel]

that's ok with a French drain.. do not pack the earth on the inside wall.. do use loose ¾ inch clean gravel.. this way your wall will stay dry as water will flow thru the crack..

[White Gardens]

Few random pics.

This is the property of the recent design I did. I wish I could find some more pics, I'll look around.

[White Gardens]

A couple of pics of 1 of 5 pop-ups I did at a property this last week.








Hey, it's Mickey Mouse

[Edzel]

Why is the black elbow on the down pipe???

[White Gardens]

Originally Posted by Edzel

Why is the black elbow on the down pipe???

That is a simple expanding coupler, it was cocked to the side when I took the pic.

I put those in there so the HO can easily pull it out and flush it with a hose if need be. It helps to eliminate a "Y" connection and a clean-out plug.

[White Gardens]

Here's a few pics. I've slowed down the last week or so and the Mother in law was wanting some work done. I originally wasn't going to take pics, but then insisted on having a water feature, so, I figured it might turn out interesting.

First pic is the out-line of the bed, and I took my trimmer and skinned down the turf. There is a lot of large surface roots, so I felt it was going to be a nightmare to try and till the area.



This pic is of the old-school FS66 with the yard boss tiller head. The thing is great for grading small areas, especially in soil like this where it eats it no problems. I have one tine on in this pic and I've cut a groove in my out line. It helps me get a better curve started. If I just use a shovel, it's hard to keep it looking nice.



This pic is after the trench has been dug with a shovel.

[White Gardens]

Rough Grade, including pulling dirt away from the Locust tree, that someone had piled around the base.



Trench tilled out one more time with all the tines on the yard boss.



Last pic of the evening, after I've roughly set the tub for the water feature. I got a late start yesterday afternoon, and finished around 6 p.m. I have about 3 hours in it. I'm waiting for the light shower we had this morning to burn off.

[2brothersyardcare]

i love your work man