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09-12-2013, 12:19 PM | #2 |
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How about a picture?
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09-12-2013, 12:21 PM | #3 |
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Do you ever have to clear snow with a shovel?
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We had a concrete pony wall and sidewalk in our small front yard when we purchased the house back in 2003. Besides the fact it was ugly and "cold", it was fairly useless for anything other than trash bins (and who really wants to see trash bins in their front "yard"?
So, I hired a cousin of my gardener and paid $500 for it to be removed and another $125 for a trash bin. I had the gardener install a sprinkler system, sod and at the time, three 10 foot Queen Palms. The yard completely changed the home and made it much warmer and the trees (Larry, Moe and Shemp) are now pushing 45 foot tall, almost as tall as the house. |
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09-12-2013, 12:23 PM | #5 |
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They're both expensive. If done correctly, cladding can be very nice. It's definitely an incredibly curb appeal improvement. But it's difficult to shovel, clean, seal, and maintain. I'm working on a house in a very, very expensive part of town. Let's just say there are 2 sportscars in the garage which cost more than my house. They just stripped all the "clad" stone away from their pool and put in stamped, decorative concrete because the stone was incredibly high maintenance.
Even though you think it's going to be expensive, choose option 1. Make sure you properly vet your contractor. There are a lot of morons out there passing themselves off as concrete experts. |
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09-12-2013, 12:27 PM | #6 |
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Denver had a QB (Griese) who was quite familiar with concrete
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09-12-2013, 12:33 PM | #7 |
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You could just move-probably cheaper in the long run.
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09-12-2013, 12:41 PM | #8 |
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Lemme see if I have one handy.
Ah. Here's one. It's about 10 years old, so the plants have grown in a lot. You can see the first set of stairs, and can probably imagine Zone 6 and the second set.
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It doesn't snow much here in Colorado other than maybe September through April.
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How do I vet a concrete guy?
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Oh. I understand now. My wife and I shovel, and it's quite a bit of shoveling. We have the sidewalk, the two sets of steps, the big Zone 6 area, the stairs down to the apartment, the walkway around the house to get to the garage, and then the walkway in the back yard to the garage. (It's a separate freestanding garage.) We don't have the kind of cash it would take to get someone else to do it, and our butler and chauffeur both had it written into their employment agreements that they don't have to shovel. Is Option 2 harder to shovel? Because I really don't like to shovel even when it's easy.
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I don't know if it's available in Colorado but when I had my 1,100 square foot patio torn out, had the underlying concrete poured and re-sloped, then had flagstone installed, I called the Contractor's Guild.
From there, I was given three names and met with each company & contractor. The bids were all within $500 of each other so at that point, it was just a matter of who made me feel most comfortable. I was extremely happy with the results and have continued to use that same contractor for jobs both small and large for the past ten years. |
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I want to work with a member of a guild. Do they dress like it's the middle ages and stuff, because that would be cool.
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