Creating an Entrance

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Well, it's looking just fine. I had to add my edit of your nighttime shot. John
 

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Looking very nice Eddie. Wanna come up north and lend a hand with my masonry work?

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Eddie, the columns look terrific! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

I had to look long and hard to even come up with a suggestion, but I'm not sure about your footing around the base of the column. Did you leave a ledge to support the rock veneer? If not, you could probably still pour a base footing around the column up to the level of the rock. That will ensure there is always support and also reduce the likelyhood of things constantly bumping into the stone at the base.
 
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Jim,

The footings are about two feet deep and dug with my 12 inch post hole digger. Then I built a 2X4 frame around the whole for the concrete. I used sack concrete from Home Depot with rebar. They are 24 inches square and the rock is 21 inches at its widest when done. My first course rests on the footing.

Thanks for the thought,
Eddie
 
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The day and night shots look great. How come we only get to see one light though /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
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Since my dozer is out of commision for a little while, I decided to get back to this project.

I need a sign at my entrance to let the world know where I'm at, and to impress the **** out of everyone driving by. hahaha

First step was to build up the pad for the footing. I did this months ago. Then I drilled some holes in the ground three feet down to anchor the footing.

Then I didn't do anything for several months and now it's time to dig out the holes and level it out for the forms.


Eddie
 

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Since the sign will be built from cement blocks, it will be very heavy and quite tall, I wanted some overkill. The holes are three feet deep and a foot around. There are four of them. The forms are 2X6's and there's over two hundred feet of rebar in there.

Eddie
 

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This time of year the weather changes on a daily basis and there's no predicting the next time it will rain. Luckily I have my "container barn" to store my sacks of mortor.
 

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