Keeping character, or restoring a pond

[wroughtn_harv]

You'll never guess who gets to make sweat by making concrete. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Each haunch and pier took a yard or a little better of concrete.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

We'll use the piers to jack up the wall.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Each length of auger is four feet. Here we are going into position with eight feet of auger ready to work. You can see the additional section beside the hole to be.

That V looking piece of steel is what we use to hold the auger up while we remove sections after we've dug down and are coming back out.

This is hard work, handling wet clay with shovels removing the tailings as it comes up.

Not to mention it being July in north Texas.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

The third storm snuck in on me while filling the last pier. Needless to say we had to leave the skid steer in the pit that night. It couldn't move in the slime.

 

[Larstan]

Great series Harvey, that was a great step by step photo how-to on your pier haunch combo you suggested for the barnshop. Now what are you and Iris doing after the project? A little vacation to the northwest to visit me and the barnshop /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Inspector507]

Of course Iris got to be involved with her sexy little dance by doing what she does best /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[wroughtn_harv]

And she does do a dance, ask Eddie. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

When the concrete was set up we had to jack up the wall. What we were really interesting in was straightening it out as much as possible but more importantly, picking up the weight and transferring it to the new piers.

Funny as it may seem, jacking involves jacks. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[wroughtn_harv]

The idea is to jack up from the new haunch-pier and when it's in place to place blocks (concrete) and shims (steel) to maintain the new position.

Here's a finished haunch with it's new block and shims in place.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

What is amazing is it works. You can see the movement gained in the above post and in this one.