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  • Build your own pool – Masonry walls with reinforcement | Set formwork stones

    Partially constructed cinder block walls on a wet concrete floor, with stacked bricks and construction materials, including pipes and cables, suggest preparations to build a pool. The area appears to be under construction. www.commaik.de

    The plans for the construction of our new pool in the garden were finalized and the construction of the pool could continue with the masonry of the pool walls. This step was not particularly complicated, but it was much more time-consuming to implement. This time the pool was built from solid stones. Of course, these had to be carried to the construction site first. Of course, the formwork blocks also had to be cut and adjusted before installation. In the following article, I describe how we implemented all of this to build our new pool in the garden.

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  • Build your own carport – secure slope with shuttering blocks

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    To effectively secure the slope behind my carport, I decided to build a retaining wall made of formwork stones. This measure was not only intended to bring visual improvements, but also to ensure the stability of the slope. In this context, the construction of a solid strip foundation was essential in order to guarantee permanent slope stabilization. In this article I describe how I built the concrete foundation and I describe how I built my steel-reinforced wall from concrete formwork blocks in order to be able to use our new carport safely, despite the slope.

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    Build your own carport – safely stabilize slopes with gabions

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    Build your own carport – embedding post anchors in concrete

    26. August 2020
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In this construction diary, we share our experience in the renovation and modernization of our Art Nouveau villa and hope to give a few suggestions and tips to some of you.

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