design for an island
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about 10 years by treebeard
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Drainage Pipe placement
If you can, what you should do is to find the spot that will be the lowest in the remaining grassy area after the fill is placed. That is the place...
about 10 years by treebeard
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Finding a Landscaper
A lot of this depends on what you're looking for in a landscaper.Are you looking for someone to mow lawns? Chances are that the small outfits that ...
about 10 years by treebeard
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Can I create a flower bed abudding cedar siding of house?
Yes, the way to protect your house and the siding is to avoid letting the soil and the siding come into contact with each other. In other words, do...
about 10 years by treebeard
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Fence or trees/shrubs
Wow, you hit the nail right on the head. It does "depend". You can buy cheap fence, or you can buy expensive. You can buy cheap landscape, or you c...
about 10 years by treebeard
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Drainage Pipe placement
It's not clear as to how the runoff from your driveway will get into the pipe you suggest. Is it your intention to pick up the runoff with the inst...
about 10 years by treebeard
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Chimney Sinking
Either way, you're looking at hiring a professional for advice, if nothing else. Jacking the chimney is definitely a job for a pro, not a homeowner...
about 10 years by treebeard
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Vegetable Garden with Existing Soil
Miracle Grow is good, but it has it's limits. It won't make your soil any better. Assuming that the soil has never been tilled or used as a garden ...
about 10 years by treebeard
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Cedar fence posts set in concrete?
Set wood "on" concrete, never "in" concrete...no matter what kind of wood. Setting wood in concrete makes for a continuously moist environment in w...
about 10 years by treebeard
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Bearing wall!!!!!
My advice would be to stop right where you are and call a pro to take care of the bearing wall. You can't just eliminate it. The load that it carri...
about 10 years by treebeard
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Retaining Wall Drainage
Then build the wall as has been been suggested, but we'll modify the drain. Get yourself some 2" PVC pipe and some 1/4" hardware cloth. At a level ...
about 10 years by treebeard
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Retaining Wall Drainage
Where does rain water that falls in your driveway currently go?
about 10 years by treebeard
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Cap or Dig up old Driveway?
Paving right over the old will be cheapest, because there's less labor and time. But it's not the best method. If you want the driveway to last, yo...
about 10 years by treebeard
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Removing Ivy
The tendrils of ivy can find their way into the smallest crack or fissure, and they cling like glue, which is why ivy can grow where it does. The m...
about 10 years by treebeard
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Bedroom Closet
The big box home improvement stores sell units that serve this purpose. They're all prefab components that you simply put together, and...presto......
about 10 years by treebeard
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Concrete Bathtub
I can't say much about the tub idea. I've never heard or seen anything like that. But I can make a comment about weight. You mention that this will...
about 10 years by treebeard
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Concrete Bathtub
Double post monster......[This message has been edited by treebeard (edited April 16, 2003).]
about 10 years by treebeard
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Have a slow well - what type of watering system can I use for my garden?
Although this may sound dated, and it is, old technology still has it's merits. Try rain barrels. I can't water my entire garden with what I get fr...
about 10 years by treebeard
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thickness for concrete driveway?
Minimum 8" compacted gravel base (or crushed stone...not sand) overlaid by your slab, minimum 6", 3500 psi concrete, with WF6x6 (wire fabric) reinf...
about 10 years by treebeard
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Rasied Flower bed
Actually, raising the grade around any tree is setting the stage for doing damage to the tree, if not killing it. Tree roots grow where they do, in...
about 10 years by treebeard
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