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

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

I'm certain you do Andy! Um...Just one?

On Sep 16, 2014, at 2:50 PM, Andrew Vida wrote:


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.
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