Re: Built This Waterfall
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06/29/22 09:33 PM
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Looks good , nice poolside waterfall
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Re: Built This Waterfall
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06/30/22 05:30 AM
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Wow, what a nice job and a lot of work.
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Re: Built This Waterfall
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06/30/22 07:32 AM
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Very Cool-when they made the pool did they plan on putting a waterfall in.Did they make a foundation for the extra weight? The waterfall was not planned, it was an afterthought. The fact that the pool was already filled made building it and striking the joints on the front of it that much more difficult. Normally when these things are built the pool is empty. The manufacturer recommends a 4 inch thick concrete pad a minimum of 30 inches wide by 12 feet long. We had to add to the existing pool apron to make that happen. This area was originally supposed to have a statue/water feature and landscaping. You can see the statue in some of the pictures. The guy is supposed to be holding a boot, a leaky boot that water comes out of. That will be hooked up at some point in the future. Here is a pic of the statue/water feature that was originally supposed to go in this location.
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Re: Built This Waterfall
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06/30/22 08:13 AM
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I am a mason West Side so I can appreciate what it took to build the barns and farmhouses in this area. I have restored a good number of those old buildings but many more are being lost to neglect.
The guy I built this waterfall for owns dozens of old farmsteads converted to rental properties. He recently sold off a chunk of them. The new owners knocked them all down to make room for commercial real estate.
IMO, it's a crying shame. They push all those beautifully faced rocks into the basement holes. Back in the 80's when I was doing a lot of stone masonry we would spend days doing nothing but dressing/facing rubble into usable ashlar. The amount of labor that went into just the facing of all that ashlar on those old houses and barns is astounding. What a waste.
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