OK Guys (and Gals),
I'm planning to build a brick planter in front of my home this spring and have
a few questions. First, let me explain that my home has a 10 square foot
addition in front that comprises the dining room. This addition sits on a
concrete foundation that comes up about 1 foot
: [BlindHandyMan] Questions About Brick Planters
OK Guys (and Gals),
I'm planning to build a brick planter in front of my home this spring and
have a few questions. First, let me explain that my home has a 10 square
foot addition in front that comprises the dining room. This addition sits
Bill,
Just a gut feeling here, but if you are talking about essentially burying
one foot of the wall of your house, and it was not designed to be
subterranian, you might be asking for some trouble.
Possibly if you build the brick wall close to the house, but not up
against it, so that there
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Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Questions About Brick Planters
OK Guys (and Gals),
I'm planning to build a brick planter in front of my home this spring and
have a few questions. First, let me explain that my
I wasn't clear if you'd planned on the planter actually having its back edge
being the wall of the house.
If so, it's a really bad idea as soil against a wall not designed for it is
a highway for water, mold, bugs etc.
You'll need a brick back wall with some seperation between the brick and the
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From: Bill Gallik
To: Blind Handyman
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 7:20 AM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Questions About Brick Planters
OK Guys (and Gals),
I'm planning to build a brick planter in front of my home this spring and
have a few questions. First
Tom,
Let me assure you that I didn't intend to make the house wall part of the
planter, but rather build a completely, four-sided brick planter. I do like
the idea of having a narrow stone path between the house and planter.
Thanks to all of you for your input, some things came up I hadn't
probably everything I know about masonry
construction.
If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie
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From: Bill Gallik
To: Blind Handyman
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 8:20 AM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Questions About Brick Planters
OK Guys
standing on stone
directly on clay.
If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie
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From: Bill Gallik
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Questions About Brick Planters
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