Akita Pool

[EddieWalker]

Yes, my wife loves the. She has been trying to save them with some better rechargeable batteries, but with little success. They last a few months and then they are junk. We've tried other brands on Amazon and found some great ones, but then they get discontinued and we can't get any more of them.

 

[s219]

is there going to be a stone flat on the ground? that first step looks much taller

You got a good eye! Yes, I put two 24x24" stones at ground level. A few weeks later we had some heavy rain that "grouted" them down with runoff sand/clay, and you'd think they had been mortared in they are so solid.

 

[mapper]

It does my heart good to see pictures of you down in a pit laying block Eddie, since I am happy it's not me.

I had to make a small set of stairs for the patio I built, and ended up building a form and pouring concrete. I had a certain size blue-stone treads to work with, and a range of desired step/tread height, and it was going to take a lot of block cutting and fiddling to make it work with blocks. I quickly realized it would be faster to design and construct a form and pour it. That said, the form design wasn't easy, just because there were a lot of things to take into account (think about cutting stair stringers and then also compensate for mortar and stone height on steps, and scratch coat, mortar, and veneer thickness on the risers, and of course form size considerations too). It came out OK but I learned many things that would make it a lot better if I ever have to do it again. Actually, if I had to do it again I might let standard block sizes dictate the step rise/run so I could use block, and then get the blue-stone cut to size.

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It looks like the brain sweat was worth it, very nice result.:thumbsup:

 

[BleedingOrange]

Kinda wandering of topic here. Any updates on the akita pool ?

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Kinda wandering of topic here. Any updates on the akita pool ?

What's an Akita???:laughing: This is the snake forum... Oh, wait...

 

[EddieWalker]

What's an Akita???:laughing: This is the snake forum... Oh, wait...

I'm still stacking block. The humidity has gone to levels I've never experienced before and by noon on Saturday, I was struggling to breath. My wife thought she was sick with the flu!!! On a good day, I'm able to set around 50 blocks without killing myself. I might have gotten that many over both days, this weekend, and it was a struggle. The forecast is for Tropical Storm Harvey to hit this weekend and lower the temps considerably. Once the heat index hits 110, I'm hurting!!!!