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Lessons Learned:
1. If I had to do this again I would do a raised bond beam for the front edge of this platform. I would also have incorporated the base or foundation of the entire platform as part of the gunite process. Then I would have built the back part of the platform out of block.
2. Or if I was to do the whole thing out of block again, I would have done just the front row and placed the sheer waterfall and plumbed it. Then I would have built the rest of the platform around the plumbing.
As it is, I built the whole platform, then cut and chiseled out the spot for the sheer. It was tough to work around the block when doing the plumbing.
The bids I got for this ranged from $780 to do just the block, or $1500 to do the block and set the sheer. I did just the block work in 6 hours and $170 in materials. It was hard work though. If I would have had the gunite people do the raised beam on the front and the foundation, it probably would have cost almost nothing incrementally over the rest of the gunite and it would have saved me a lot of work.
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Lessons Learned:
1. If I had to do this again I would do a raised bond beam for the front edge of this platform. I would also have incorporated the base or foundation of the entire platform as part of the gunite process. Then I would have built the back part of the platform out of block.
2. Or if I was to do the whole thing out of block again, I would have done just the front row and placed the sheer waterfall and plumbed it. Then I would have built the rest of the platform around the plumbing.
As it is, I built the whole platform, then cut and chiseled out the spot for the sheer. It was tough to work around the block when doing the plumbing.
The bids I got for this ranged from $780 to do just the block, or $1500 to do the block and set the sheer. I did just the block work in 6 hours and $170 in materials. It was hard work though. If I would have had the gunite people do the raised beam on the front and the foundation, it probably would have cost almost nothing incrementally over the rest of the gunite and it would have saved me a lot of work.