All of the rocks in the first course were VERY solidly attached to the footer and each other (with one exception – shown at right before being 2-pound tenderized). So I guess the mortar / sand / water proportions I used yesterday must have been in the ballpark. Perry came over mid-morning with the leveling transit and we confirmed my suspicions that two of the concrete columns are about ½″ too high, but the tops of the others should be made right with only minor to moderate grinding. Worked on dry-laying the second course of between-columns rock for most of the day. Only got half the course put together, but learned some valuable lessons about how to leave the underlying course in order to more easily place the rocks in the next course. Hit the lake early, hot and frustrated, when one of the sections, that I had spent an hour getting just right, fell over when I gently covered it with burlap. I need a hug…
28 July 2010
All of the rocks in the first course were VERY solidly attached to the footer and each other (with one exception – shown at right before being 2-pound tenderized). So I guess the mortar / sand / water proportions I used yesterday must have been in the ballpark. Perry came over mid-morning with the leveling transit and we confirmed my suspicions that two of the concrete columns are about ½″ too high, but the tops of the others should be made right with only minor to moderate grinding. Worked on dry-laying the second course of between-columns rock for most of the day. Only got half the course put together, but learned some valuable lessons about how to leave the underlying course in order to more easily place the rocks in the next course. Hit the lake early, hot and frustrated, when one of the sections, that I had spent an hour getting just right, fell over when I gently covered it with burlap. I need a hug…
