I had planned on going up to Grandma’s this last weekend to throw up some skylights to replace the old cracked and discolored ones above the hot tube. Those went in easy, ‘like a lid on a shoe box.’
But there was an issue involving a water leak in the outside water lines. We had hoped that it was one of the lines just buried under the sand or maybe the first concrete slab. Of course, that was not the case. The patio had to go. Might as well replace all the pipes so we wouldn’t have to do this again in a year or two. Turned out, Grandma had been thinking that a new patio would be nice.
We began to break up the cement. Much of the work was down with bars and a sledge hammer.
Mavic was there with moral support only.
Dad always likes bring’n out the old railroad tools. The jack made things light.
We got a little creative with our developed ‘technique.’
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Okay, so the ones we video’d didn’t work, but it actually worked out well.
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I kinda liked the all sand patio…
We found the problem. More of a geyser than a leak.
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In digging a trench for the new pipe, I… hum… found a weak joint in the septic line…
This weekend we pour the new cement cap. New stone tile top will eventually cover the surface. Should be nice when it is all done.
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Awesome.
in that last picture…are you tasting whats coming out of the septic line to confirm what it is? Gross.
This is the first time I’ve looked on here. Looks like you have your work cut out for you. I have one suggestion to save time and money. Have you considered pavers? They would lay flat in the sand. There are tons of options out there too. It would alleviate the cost of pouring a concrete slab and the cost of mortering the stone tile. Sand pavers are easier to dig up afterwards too, if there were to be another leak. Another thought if your dead set on going with a concrete slab is to make sure there are plenty of “control joints”. Its the groove you see set in concrete in case it breaks. Then when you have your slab, instead of using morter to attach the stone tile, use “SikaFlex” its a polymer that comes in a caulk tube. It sets up like mortar and it is cheaper and much more effecient to apply. …… I just looked at the date you posted this>… whoops. Hope it came out great.