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Lesser Wall Part 1 - Towards South 5

The Lesser Wall of Purgatory: Part 1

Posted on January 12, 2022June 15, 2024 By stega

Back in 2016 we rebuilt the Great Wall of Purgatory. It was a very arduous project that took months. You can read the full tale starting here. Fast-forward to more recently and we are finally getting ready to redo the landscaping surrounding the house. The drawings we have from our landscape architect called for a smaller wall along side the pool where there was once a manky deck.

Old deck
Old deck
Pool edge and deck
Pool edge and deck
Pool edge and deck
Pool edge and deck

Getting someone to build said wall was going to be an expensive undertaking. Initial quotes for a two-and-a-half-foot wall spanning the 85 feet or so were between 80 and 100 grand. Considering the Great Wall cost us far less to complete, we decided to be a bit creative.

So way back in the late summer of 2019 (yep, I’m still 2 years behind on posting about some things), while Agent Smith’s dad was enjoying his annual visit to Purgatory, we learned how to do form work–and a bit about how not to do form work.

As it happened, Stega’s parents were also visiting, and her father decided to document the form work that was built. So here, to conclude this introduction, are the images he took.

Lesser Wall Part 1 - South end
Lesser Wall Part 1 – South end
Lesser Wall Part 1 - North end splice
Lesser Wall Part 1 – North end splice
Lesser Wall Part 1 - North end B
Lesser Wall Part 1 – North end B
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Between Tenth And North End B
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Between Tenth And North End B
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Tenth Joint F
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Tenth Joint F
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Tenth Joint G
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Tenth Joint G
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Between Tenth And North Enc
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Between Tenth And North Enc
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Tenth Joint E
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Tenth Joint E
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Tenth Joint D
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Tenth Joint D
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Between Tenth And North End
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Between Tenth And North End
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Tenth Joint C
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Tenth Joint C
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Tenth Joint B
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Tenth Joint B
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Between Ninth And Tenth
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Between Ninth And Tenth
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Ninth Joint C
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Ninth Joint C
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Ninth Joint B
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Ninth Joint B
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Between Eighth And Ninth
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Between Eighth And Ninth
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Eighth Joint B
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Eighth Joint B
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Eighth Joint C
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Eighth Joint C
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Between Seventh And Eighth
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Between Seventh And Eighth
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Seventh Joint C
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Seventh Joint C
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Seventh Joint B
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Seventh Joint B
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Between Sixth And Seventh
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Between Sixth And Seventh
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Sixth Joint B
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Sixth Joint B
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Fifth Joint B
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Fifth Joint B
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Fourth Joint B
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Fourth Joint B
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Third Joint B
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Third Joint B
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Looking Towards Second Joint
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Looking Towards Second Joint
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Second Joint B
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Second Joint B
Lesser Wall Part 1 - First Joint B
Lesser Wall Part 1 – First Joint B
Lesser Wall Part 1 - South End
Lesser Wall Part 1 – South End
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Looking At South End
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Looking At South End
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Towards South 6
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Towards South 6
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Towards South 5
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Towards South 5
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Towards South 4
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Towards South 4
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Towards South 3
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Towards South 3
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Towards South 2
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Towards South 2
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Towards South 1
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Towards South 1
Lesser Wall Part 1 - North End
Lesser Wall Part 1 – North End
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Looking South From North End
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Looking South From North End
Lesser Wall Part 1 - North End
Lesser Wall Part 1 – North End
Lesser Wall Part 1 - North End
Lesser Wall Part 1 – North End
Lesser Wall Part 1 - North End
Lesser Wall Part 1 – North End
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Tenth Joint
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Tenth Joint
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Ninth Joint
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Ninth Joint
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Eighth Joint
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Eighth Joint
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Seventh Joint
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Seventh Joint
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Sixth Joint
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Sixth Joint
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Fifth Joint
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Fifth Joint
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Fourth Joint
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Fourth Joint
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Third Joint
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Third Joint
Lesser Wall Part 1 - Second Joint
Lesser Wall Part 1 – Second Joint
Lesser Wall Part 1 - First Joint
Lesser Wall Part 1 – First Joint
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