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Re: Liquid Arbritrage
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 2:20 pm
by liquid
From the other day. Coping on.
Re: Liquid Arbritrage
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 9:37 pm
by Tuscany
Looks freaking awesome!
Re: Liquid Arbritrage
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 9:48 pm
by Ytmsn
Yes it does. Go na be lots of fun at the Liquid Compound next summer!
Re: Liquid Arbritrage
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 6:51 pm
by Tuscany
Garage party to fill the bladders.
Then on to the pool party..


Re: Liquid Arbritrage
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 8:14 pm
by AsLan7
Re: Liquid Arbritrage
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:30 am
by liquid
Coping finished. Fireplace taking shape... where oh where to put the bar. Once we figure that out the gas line will be dug for grill (I can't imagine a world without me lugging propane tanks around) and then patio will be poured. I know some are stone/paver elitists but I'm digging the stamped concrete. It was a save to spend mentality - concrete instead of bluestone got me a firepit/bar and better coping/stairs/pebble. Life is about choices, ya know?
Re: Liquid Arbritrage
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:31 am
by AsLan7
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Coming together nicely buddy!
Re: Liquid Arbritrage
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 1:11 pm
by liquid
AsLan7 wrote: Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:31 am
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Coming together nicely buddy!
Thnx A7!
Re: Liquid Arbritrage
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 7:38 am
by cmattj
Looks great!
You will enjoy using natural gas. I pulled out and sold my stone back patio pavers years ago. Poured a cement patio. No more weeds poking through .
I Loce cement .
Re: Liquid Arbritrage
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 9:37 am
by liquid
cmattj wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2019 7:38 am
Looks great!
You will enjoy using natural gas. I pulled out and sold my stone back patio pavers years ago. Poured a cement patio. No more weeds poking through .
I Loce cement .
I loce it too. It made cents to go that way as well. See what I did there?
Re: Liquid Arbritrage
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 9:58 am
by akorcovelos
Stamped concrete has come a long way, and in my opinion can look better than actual stone. In a former life I designed concrete forms and stamps, the admixes used will provide a lifetime of crack free enjoyment, and the color is mixed in the slurry so it will never fade. Looking awesome, you should put in a swim up bar, then you don't need to worry about heating the water

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Re: Liquid Arbritrage
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:17 pm
by liquid
akorcovelos wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2019 9:58 am
Stamped concrete has come a long way, and in my opinion can look better than actual stone. In a former life I designed concrete forms and stamps, the admixes used will provide a lifetime of crack free enjoyment, and the color is mixed in the slurry so it will never fade. Looking awesome, you should put in a swim up bar, then you don't need to worry about heating the water

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Very true.
I actually kicked around the idea of moving the bottom patio up a few feet to make that happen... I was getting a little out of hand.

Re: Liquid Arbritrage
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 8:28 am
by Tuscany
We installed a natural flag stone walkway and entryway from our circle to our front door. Stupid expensive, labor intensive with all of the cutting, and well...ho-hum. It’s nice, but not worth the cost IMO. Actually, I don’t even like the look. Blah...
If we could do it again, we would have done stamped. As Akor stated, stamped has come a long way, in both color and style. It just requires annual sealing without fail. Our climate is not concrete (surface) friendly.
I don’t know if it’s an option, but may I suggest to not pour concrete this season if possible. That is a whole lot of fill brought in, and although it may have been compacted and the contractor may say that’s it’s going to be fine, that amount will still settle over the winter and spring. Bank on that....
Lots of cash to still spend on concrete, and you will want it looking perfect for years to come.
Re: Liquid Arbritrage
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:43 pm
by liquid
Tuscany wrote: Fri Oct 18, 2019 8:28 am
We installed a natural flag stone walkway and entryway from our circle to our front door. Stupid expensive, labor intensive with all of the cutting, and well...ho-hum. It’s nice, but not worth the cost IMO. Actually, I don’t even like the look. Blah...
If we could do it again, we would have done stamped. As Akor stated, stamped has come a long way, in both color and style. It just requires annual sealing without fail. Our climate is not concrete (surface) friendly.
I don’t know if it’s an option, but may I suggest to not pour concrete this season if possible. That is a whole lot of fill brought in, and although it may have been compacted and the contractor may say that’s it’s going to be fine, that amount will still settle over the winter and spring. Bank on that....
Lots of cash to still spend on concrete, and you will want it looking perfect for years to come.
I agree. I’m a little torn as I want to use the fire pit now and I NEED my grill back. I grill basically 4 nights a week including through the winter and right now I’m grilling in my driveway like a mook. There’s still plenty of work and time left. I’m not hurrying.
Re: Liquid Arbritrage
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2020 2:58 pm
by liquid
*BUMP*
It's about to begin again. Cement in the next week or two if the weather doesn't Rochester things up.
Couple pics from Sunday to make it move again.