[TheForge] OT: My floor is poured: the saga

[Andrew Vida]

On 9/16/14, 5:18 PM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> Some years back i discovered free bales of styrofoam from the recycling plant.
> They were so eager to get rid of them they loaded them for me after hours..
> Covered my 12' flatbed with them stacked 9' high.
> They made great backfill behind the big  retaining wall and have been stable for the last 15 years or more.
> Water resistant , insulating, easy to place and free. I covered them with leachrock about a foot deep for fire and vermin.
> If you need more volume, break up the bales on a calm day.
> French drain below.
Now this is a really cool idea.  I was having a small fit trying to 
figure how I was to get all that gravel situated properly.  Was thinking 
of using gambions, but they are stupidly pricey and you have to build 
them yourself... and they are endlessly heavy, even the small ones.  But 
this I could do.

Thanks Peter - I will check this out.  I'm sure I now owe you a beer.