Me too!!! I don’t even go up to the unfinished treehouse my late husband built! The first few steps have broken away recently so the kids can’t go up there, either. They laugh at me because unless I’m in a car, I don’t do well crossing bridges.
New Build w Retaining Wall- NC -decking complete (?)
- Thread starter Pleinjane
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- Sep 3, 2018
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!There is a bridge near us that’s right after a curved embankment... needless to say it gives me the creeps everyone I go on it. I brace myself and hold my breath every time my son drives it. He’s in his permit learning days so I try to not be too critical but that place scares me every time. I tell him it isn’t his fault... but mannnn.... if we could just go around it...
- Jul 16, 2012
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- 27000
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- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Bridges. Good fun. Like the Chesapeake Bay Bridge when they are running two-way traffic on one span which curves, has 186' of clearance, has a steel grate section of the roadway between your wheels, 1' shoulders, is 4+ miles long, and has no divider whatsoever between opposing directions of traffic. My son got to do that on his permit. Character building. Though I prefer that to say, Pikes Peak. Something got harder about those roads during middle-age.
I'd do whatever cleaning you can now. Dirt/clay stains can get hard to remove. If there wasn't going to be sod or whatever down for the winter, I'd lay a strip of sod or easier/cheaper, mulch, to keep the dirt from splashing up.
I'd do whatever cleaning you can now. Dirt/clay stains can get hard to remove. If there wasn't going to be sod or whatever down for the winter, I'd lay a strip of sod or easier/cheaper, mulch, to keep the dirt from splashing up.
Pikes Peak... I thought I was going to die... literally... tears were streaming down my face and I could not force myself to drive on my side of the road. I kept veering to the center and just knew we were going over.
Re: Retaining Wall Lean: I never asked this question specifically, but since the PB messed up my existing retaining wall, the landscaper did "fix" it. He actually fixed it the first time as a courtesy to the pool builder (I subcontracted to their recommended guy 
), but then the landscaper drove too close to it again and pushed it out AGAIN. So they've fixed it twice. MY QUESTION is... do I make him fix it- should I expect to foot the bill?? It's a weird area since he fixed it the first time "when he didn't need to", but then he messed it up after. He told me in order to fix it correctly, it'll need to be entirely rebuilt. Until that's done, it will have an "acceptable" lean... everywhere I read, it's unstable and will eventually collapse if it leans forward. I'll post a pic...hold on...
), but then the landscaper drove too close to it again and pushed it out AGAIN. So they've fixed it twice. MY QUESTION is... do I make him fix it- should I expect to foot the bill?? It's a weird area since he fixed it the first time "when he didn't need to", but then he messed it up after. He told me in order to fix it correctly, it'll need to be entirely rebuilt. Until that's done, it will have an "acceptable" lean... everywhere I read, it's unstable and will eventually collapse if it leans forward. I'll post a pic...hold on...Attachments
- Jul 16, 2012
- 7,282
- Pool Size
- 27000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Tough situation. Definitely needs rebuilt. There are structural issues that will need addressed. Your wall is only going one direction over time, and it's not the direction you want. No wall should move, except perhaps very incrementally, over a long period of time, and within a certain small tolerance. Yours likely moved because of excessive movement/weight/vibration which may not have reasonably been expected when it was built. Regardless, it's compromised now.
yeah, I thought so... I'm only 5', so anytime I walk past that if feels like it's going to topple over. I'm going to get some quotes for it to be rebuilt, and hopefully they'll have an idea of how long it'll last in case I need to save another nest egg for it!
- Jun 7, 2017
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- Jandy Aquapure 1400
Re: Retaining Wall Lean: I never asked this question specifically, but since the PB messed up my existing retaining wall, the landscaper did "fix" it. He actually fixed it the first time as a courtesy to the pool builder (I subcontracted to their recommended guy
Wow that is horrible. Around here any retaining wall over 24" is considered structural and requires an engineering inspection. Was that wall ever inspected?