Archive | April, 2009

Seepage Tanks & Pits, What Are They and What Are They For?

The typical seepage tank is cast concrete with numerous holes through its walls to make it porous.  Regarding sizes the tanks are first referred to in terms of “gallon capacity”.  For example, typical offerings are: 500, 1000, 1290 and 1500 gallon capacities.  After talking gallon capacity there can be dimensional offerings too.  For instance, the [...]

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Blue Atlas Cedar – Give It Room To Grow…Or Else!

Blue Atlas Cedar is one of those fairly common plants that, more often than not, is used incorrectly.  Somewhere along the line it got labeled as a tall, narrow plant that could be used in tight quarters. At this beautiful home a Blue Atlas Cedar was planted about 5′ from the foundation.  Even at this [...]

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Boxwood ‘Fastigiate’ To The Rescue

How often is it that you need a plant that offers some height, but the space to plant it in is narrow and limited?  I can tell you it happens to me all the time.  Most suburban residential landscapes are loaded with just that circumstance – you have relatively large homes located on too small [...]

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Waterslide Installation – RB Project #6.7

The waterslide was ordered in a particular shape, size and color to fit this layout.  A waterline pipe feed was installed and standing nearby to be hooked up to the slide’s jet nozzles. Several things needed to be considered while orienting the waterslide. The specifications and construction details such as height and placement for supports. [...]

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