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These Decorations took about three or four years . And since water I knew would flow down the hill, the rest was easy. I bought a Montgomery Wards cement mixer in the early fifties and everything I do has been from trial and error. All the rocks are hand formed concrete over welded up forms using rebar and metal lathe. I have a large swimming pool pump with a good sized filter system. The curved 2 3/8" oil field pipe I had curved for my over head light poles at the mini golf course at the go-cart track and paid for the pipe and his bending labor I exchanged for go -cart tickets. I had some curved pipe left and brought them with me when we retired and used some on that stairway. The hair strainer for the pond I made using some wholly plastic the same as Lowes has over their garden area. I have more good sized water falls but can't find the pictures and too lazy to go take more. The pump house is inside some rock formations that can't be found by folks looking things over or going in there and trying to hurt themselves. The big concrete door is built like everything else, so it stays hidden. Our land to the lake water is sloping to much to grow anything so a few terraces I told Bernadette was the answer. No drawn up plans . I did think I was going all the way to the waters edge with this kind of scenery but some high school buddies made me change my thoughts for they wanted use to go with them and travel america.. That made wife want to go motor home permanently. I sure am glad I won that argument... Sometimes Bernadette would fill the mixer with sand and gravel and the portland but I would empty the mixer in to the wheel barrow and do the rest. Lots of pvc lines and hydrants first then think all night long what I would try to do the next day.. This time in my life was probably the most interesting thing I ever did so there was no work involved. The water comes out of the lake for a fee of 150 a year but it also is used on all the outside greenery.
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I was looking through my Menards weekly sales add and noticed that they have fiberglass rebar on sale. This is a new product for me. Have any of you seen this material used anywhere? The following description is from Menard’s website: Ditch the steel rebar for the next generation of concrete reinforcement! LiteBar is a glass fiber reinforcing bar that is built to be stronger, lighter, and rust free. LiteBar significantly reduces install time and cuts down on transportation expenses as it is 7 times lighter than steel rebar. LiteBar has a higher tensile strength and lower tensile modulus which means concrete is less prone to cracking. LiteBar does not rust which means no more corrosion cracks. LiteBar also springs back and stays centered when stepped on or driven on. Ask for LiteBar by LiteForm! They claim 7/16” fiberglass bar can be used instead of ½” steel bar for horizontal applications. Danl
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A friend of mine posted this on his Face Book account and I thought it was pretty cool. It is a video on how to make your own clamps using re-bar, scrap wood and some threaded rod.
