wattlewemake
14th June 2007, 11:07 PM
I have been pretty quiet in relation to posting any pics of work completed. This been partly due to being very busy at work and a project that just kept growing in size.
It all started out as a way to reduce the noise from the motorway behind our house and grew out of control from there.
Pic 1 shows what the side of the house looked like originally. A daggy sandpit that was bordered by some koppers logs. Problem was the sand kept getting dragged onto the patio as you walked past.
Pic 2 shows the slab we poured over the sand pit area. Was a huge job as the ground was as hard as concrete and just happened to be the spot where the rubbish tip for the builders was.... bricks,steel,roof tiles, packing tape, plastic... you name it it was buried there. I broke my shovel and bent my crow bar numerous times digging the retaining wall/ rat wall footings. The pics are deceiving as the retaining wall is 600mm high at one end but doesnt look it.There is about 400mm of ratwall below the retaining wall as well so lots of concrete.Oh and the slab slopes 50mm down from the house to match the patio just to complicate things.:(( Next time I will get an excavator in for sure.
Pic 3 shows the wall around the slab being erected. It is a garden walls product and is easy to install. The panels slide in between the posts and then are painted to look like a masonary wall. The panels are 50mm wide and are polystryene sandwiched between cement sheets. Light as.:2tsup:
We used this to reduce the noise from the motorway and it does work reasonably well.
Pic 4 shows inside the wall on the slab with the tank installed and the wall painted. The tank was included as the qld govt were handing out rebates for tanks and I thought well if its only going to cost me 40 odd dollars why not...:U It also helps to reduce the noise as the noise is muffled through the water.
It all started out as a way to reduce the noise from the motorway behind our house and grew out of control from there.
Pic 1 shows what the side of the house looked like originally. A daggy sandpit that was bordered by some koppers logs. Problem was the sand kept getting dragged onto the patio as you walked past.
Pic 2 shows the slab we poured over the sand pit area. Was a huge job as the ground was as hard as concrete and just happened to be the spot where the rubbish tip for the builders was.... bricks,steel,roof tiles, packing tape, plastic... you name it it was buried there. I broke my shovel and bent my crow bar numerous times digging the retaining wall/ rat wall footings. The pics are deceiving as the retaining wall is 600mm high at one end but doesnt look it.There is about 400mm of ratwall below the retaining wall as well so lots of concrete.Oh and the slab slopes 50mm down from the house to match the patio just to complicate things.:(( Next time I will get an excavator in for sure.
Pic 3 shows the wall around the slab being erected. It is a garden walls product and is easy to install. The panels slide in between the posts and then are painted to look like a masonary wall. The panels are 50mm wide and are polystryene sandwiched between cement sheets. Light as.:2tsup:
We used this to reduce the noise from the motorway and it does work reasonably well.
Pic 4 shows inside the wall on the slab with the tank installed and the wall painted. The tank was included as the qld govt were handing out rebates for tanks and I thought well if its only going to cost me 40 odd dollars why not...:U It also helps to reduce the noise as the noise is muffled through the water.