Landscape Contractor / Design Build Maintain

MAR 2016

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March 2016 47 Over 500 blocks were used to complete the beautiful yard and pool area with walls that went up to 10 feet high at the tallest point. The wall system ended up totaling 2,533 square feet. A waterfall feature was incorporated into the design to act as a cover for the utilities and septic for the pool. It was built by lining the course with a layer of sand, followed by a rubber liner, and topped with concrete. With the help of an exca- vator, slate boulders were installed around it. Smaller pieces of slate were then added. The water is circulated from the pool's re- turn line. Patios and walkways were installed with pavers. Steps made of poured-in-place con- crete navigate the grade change and have step lights set in their risers. The pool cop- ing is concrete with tooled-in-place joints. The pool deck is also concrete. A natural rock fire pit is flanked on two sides by rock benches made from slabs of granite. Hattenburg and his family are very pleased with how their backyard turned out. "They all like it...we're always in the backyard in the pool," he said. In fact, they are now using the product for more prop - erty updates. "We're working on designing his entry now. Every time he sees me he buys more blocks," said Lindberg. The home has become a great show- piece for the manufacturer, and the peo- ple agree, which is why this project is the recipient of the 2015 "People's Choice" Rocky Award, an annual honor recogniz- ing the best of the projects completed each year across the globe using the manufac- turer's products. DBM LC Top: All stairways were poured in place with step lights set into some of the risers. Two- sided blocks were used for the corners of the columns. Middle: The fire pit is made of a dry stack natural stone with 3"-4" basalt ballast rock covering the gas fire ring. Montana sandstone was used for the benches. Bottom: A popular construction technique in this part of the Northwest because of its freeze-thaw cycles, the pool was built with a steel liner for the sides and a sand cement material for the bottom (inset). On top of the cement and over the liner, a preformed rubber insertion was installed and bolted to the top of the liner, around which a ribbon of concrete was poured. This technique calls for concrete coping, here with tooled-in-place joints, as pavers would not have a solid foothold. The deck is concrete also.

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