Landscape Architect & Specifier News

FEB 2015

LASN is a photographically oriented, professional journal featuring topics of concern and state-of-the-art projects designed or influenced by registered Landscape Architects.

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68 Landscape Architect and Specifier News Above The 1,100 square feet of hidden mortared stone retaining and seating walls were constructed on concrete footers with vertical rebar throughout the backyard. The water feature was constructed with moss rock, and the water falls about 16 inches from top to bottom. The surrounding plants are blue Siberian Iris, Japanese blood grass and moneywort. Custom cut flagstone was ordered for the steps, seating wall caps, and formal front yard pathways. This provided stone uniformity where it was most critical. Approximately 1,100 square feet of hidden mortared Siloam stone retaining and seating walls were constructed on concrete footers with vertical rebar throughout the backyard. To solve the many drainage issues, all downspouts were piped under the patios, hidden weep holes were installed through seating walls to allow patio drainage, and all planting beds at the patio had area drains installed. The new pool deck was sloped appropriately to drain on all sides. The downhill side of the pool that had settled was excavated and recompacted. The historic tuberculosis hut, now a pool changing area, was secured with moving straps, raised with jacks, supported with heavy timbers, and transported 30 feet on moving dollies to its new location on concrete supports, protecting it from further rotting at its base. The backyard was transformed from a decades-old, cracked concrete space to a new, open entertaining area with places to both play and relax, while remaining true to the existing Tudor style. Fredell Enterprises successfully blended the old with the new in this hardscape renovation. Tudor Home (Continued from page 66)

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