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Two questions for Pompano

Santiago - 5-12-2007 at 02:53 PM

1. A year or so ago you were doing a block wall with plaster or stucco and there were a lot of questions/suggestions about the whole project: how did it turn out? Has it lasted this long? I'm thinking of doing something similar.

2. Just exactly what are the voices in your tackle box saying?

aquaholic - 5-12-2007 at 05:07 PM

...Santiago...you'll have to wait...he's out obeying the voices...

Paulina - 5-12-2007 at 08:11 PM

Santiago,
You could just pour cement over stacked up sandbags like Doc did and call it good! Will you be back down over the summer?

P y D

Paula - 5-12-2007 at 08:57 PM

an aquaintance built a wall in Montana made of old tires, stacked and cemented over. Very sculptural, a nice organic looking wall. And old tires have to go somewhere, right? some people will pay you to haul them away!

Project "Silk Purse"

Pompano - 5-13-2007 at 04:58 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Santiago
1. A year or so ago you were doing a block wall with plaster or stucco and there were a lot of questions/suggestions about the whole project: how did it turn out? Has it lasted this long? I'm thinking of doing something similar.

2. Just exactly what are the voices in your tackle box saying?


Santiago...

1. Yes, I finished that wall, but rather than stucco or plaster it, I decided to paint it white and call it good...for now, anyway.

2. Originally. my intention was to net-mesh and stucco the wall, leaving a few smooth areas for some tackle-box-voice-induced paintings/murals. The damned voices won't leave me alone about this, so I may have to get going on it after the summer heat passes.


My friends, Manuel & Manueltoo, and I built that project ourselves after receiving some really laughable bids from some embarrassed contractors who have been building for the recent arrivals. So...it was time for me to get back into the traces..shop the materials, haul what was not delivered, pay my buddie's wages plus a bonus, eat some great lunches ala Felipa...and finish the wall for about 1/3 of what was bid.

Good luck with your project. If you need anything else, I would be glad to help..Pompano.

Here's 4 photos of what we had fun doing...The Silk Purse Wall.

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Santiago - 5-13-2007 at 06:49 AM

Thanks Pomp. Now that I see the pictures I seem to remember you posting them before.

aquaholic - 5-13-2007 at 07:30 AM

...what about question #2..???

question #2, huh?

Pompano - 5-13-2007 at 08:01 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by aquaholic
...what about question #2..???


" 2. Just exactly what are the voices in your tackle box saying?"


The voices are saying....."Please deposit 50 pesos for the next 5 minutes."

Baja_Girl - 5-13-2007 at 08:02 AM

The voices are saying "To Fish or Not to Fish...What a Stupid Question."

aquaholic - 5-13-2007 at 08:33 AM

..."stoopid"...

Pablo - 5-13-2007 at 09:01 AM

I have built several different types of stucco wall around my house in Arizona.
If you are using block, you can simply wet it down good and apply the stucco, you don't need wire, however to get the best job, you need to grout all the cell of the wall, this eliminates seeing the block lines, after the stucco dries.
Here is a cheap and sturdy way. Round up a bunch of pallets, and some treated poles, old telephone poles work well. Seperate your pallets into width sizes, place poles between pallets, about every 4ft., plant poles, and nail the pallets to the poles. Cover the whole fence with felt (tar paper), then with wire, and stucco.

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Pablo - 5-13-2007 at 09:03 AM

Stucco wall using pallets, posts, tar paper, and wire.

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Pompano - 5-13-2007 at 09:40 AM

Hi Pablo...thanks for a very informative post and that sounds like a good way to build stucco walls. Unfortunately pallets and poles are a 'trifle rare' in these parts. IF you were to come across some pallets and treated poles here, they would not be free...or cheap.