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Flagpole during reconstruction

The Wall Saga: Concrete Demolition

Posted on April 14, 2017March 24, 2025 By stega

After removing trees and the ratty old deck along the pool, it was time to remove some of the concrete slabs that extended out towards the flagpole and lookout area. We also had a couple of tons of river rock to shift. The demo crew and Agent Smith Sr. got to work, and soon we had a giant pile of river rocks next to the hot tub. This is a great holding area for them, as there was once another annoying deck in the space. (We removed that deck as part of the prep for the new hot tub in the fall of 2015.) We also piled up a small stock of 1’x1′ concrete pavers as we will reuse them eventually.

Then there was the matter of shifting some of the very large and very heavy pavers (second pic). They’re about 3 inches thick and 3’x3′ square. These things sat out on the pool deck for a few weeks until we moved them to the sports court. Moving them out was interesting, as it involved using a small telehandler (aka a reach truck) through the sports court, up onto the patio behind the pool, around the Studio arbor, past the side doors off the kitchen to the west end of the pool. Sadly we were way too busy trying to get things moved before we had to turn in the rented telehandler to take any pictures of that endeavor.

The smallest slab was repurposed as a top path over the drain behind the garage that Agent Smith shored up with rebar concrete blocks and pea gravel (last pic). This drain has erosion issues, but the new setup will keep much of the dirt surrounding it from trying to fill it.

Lava rock
Lava rock
3'x3' concrete paving stones
3’x3′ concrete paving stones
Shored-up drain behind garage
Shored-up drain behind garage
Shored-up drain behind garage, close-up
Shored-up drain behind garage, close-up
Drain topped with paving stone
Drain topped with paving stone

We have since learned that the concrete around the pool was poured in 1999. Since we’re not particularly fond of the stuff, some more of it may be removed in the future once we get to redoing some of the landscaping.

Lastly, a section of concrete along the south edge of the pool had slipped and really needed to be removed, so that is what was done.

Flagpole during reconstruction
Flagpole during reconstruction
Pavers
Pavers
Agent Smith Sr's really reaching
Agent Smith Sr’s really reaching
Cracked concrete slab
Cracked concrete slab
Cracked concrete slab removed
Cracked concrete slab removed
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