"Jim Elbrecht" wrote in message
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On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 19:52:53 -0700, "Steve B"
wrote:


"Home Guy" wrote

Again it comes down to how much of this you need or want to do.

800-1,000 sf.

Then personally I think you're nuts. [in a nice way- and I've been
there, too. But still--]

Jim, you would have to understand my wife. She knows how to do very little,
but knows how to do everything so well that she can tell me or you exactly
how to do it, and how easy it is.

When she saw this cutesy little paver form, she just had to have it. Make
that I just had to have it.

So, I come here to ask questions, much like I'd like to ask a couple of
basic questions before setting off for a few months in Antarctica. It's
just common sense.

I can see that I will in no way be using this thing to do two square feet at
a time, taking at least ten minutes per two square feet. That's 5,000
minutes, or 83 hours, and that doesn't include bathroom breaks, water
breaks, or just passing out.

Then there is buying and moving 500 80# bags, then hoisting each one into
the mixer. It says it takes one 80# bag per two square foot form. And at
about $3.75 per bag, that's $1,875. That little $18 form is getting
expensive.

So, after serious consideration, I have decided to take it back to Ace, and
trade it for some fishing gear. A guy can never have too much fishing gear.

I'm not sure what we will end up doing with the yard area. It is above a
leachfield, so cannot block it off too much.

I thank you all for your input. It has helped me to reach a reasonable (and
explainable) conclusion. When I present this to my wife, it will be much
easier, especially when I explain that it will take her help to do this
project, and the 83 hours, and how easy it is to break those expensive
fingernail jobs.

Steve