We had just a few hours last Sunday evening to work, and Matt's friend Brian came to help. They decided to repair the worst corner of the foundation (the decorative stone) that was crumbling. It was fun to hear how they went about doing this, which is something neither had attempted before.
They looked over the wall, headed to Home Depot for supplies and came back with cement and a trowel and a big mixing pan. Then they just made it up as they went along!
It turned out great, and they both had a lot of fun even though they were completely muddy and bloody after it was over. Apparently they had to dig out any loose stone, then fill the cavity with cement and stones and replace the biggest stones in some decorative fashion. There was a lot of chiseling and pounding with hammers, laughter and sweat. Good times were had by all.
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I was playing a service at Westwind's while they worked, and Kara was pulling up the flooring in the small room off of the master bedroom that will eventually become a big bathroom.
It was a great day!
That looks really good! That reminds me of our front step. When we bought the house, the front steps were getting crumbly like those rocks. After meeting our neighbor and learning that he did fix-it concrete work, we hired him and his son to fix it. They were able to use all the original bricks and the original concrete "stair platform" things; they just added new concrete. It looked good because it didn't look anachronous with the rest of the place. I think Matt's stone work looks great!! We'd hire him in a heartbeat if our steps were still crumbly!
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