We're ready to render and pave - Woo hoo!! (12 November 2006)

Since the last entry, we have moved on to the walking surfaces. It looks like we had made a bit of a mistake also on the heights of the steps, so we had to make some form work and re-set in concrete the steps to the fountain side.

We also built the steps to the garden using bezer blocks which were then filled with concrete; and we waterproofed the entire surface of the water feature, including the back wall.

Another thing we realised was that the pipe we had laid under the concrete footing to the fountain was not wide enough to carry the flow required by the water head, so we are now debating how to fix it. The most likely answer will be to bury a large water tank behind the wall (in the front garden), cut a wide hole to feed the water back into the tank, and feed the appropriate size pipe through the back of the wall.

The back of the water feature is now waterproofed...

...Including the base and pit

We had to use (diluted) hydrochloric acid to clean the cement from the walls

And the steps are now formed and ready for the next steps