I R Baboon wrote:
"CL (dnoyeB) Gilbert" wrote in message
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Red Cloudİ wrote:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 09:56:20 -0400, "CL (dnoyeB) Gilbert"
wrote:
I have a home on 3/4 acre. The house is at north end of the property.
The rest is mostly grass. Except I have a small stream running
north to south just west of my house on my property. This is full of
trees/shrubs/etc. since the didnt cut that down to build my house/lawn.
This stream is basically like a marsh in that you dont see much running
water, just wetness. I like the trees and the water.
What I want to do is build a walkway that goes through the treed area,
over the marshland. I want it to go from the side of my house all the
way to the end of my property where I will put a screened in gazebo.
This is probably a 75 foot walk.
What type of company would build something like this? Can I call a deck
building company?
Thanks,
CL Gilbert
Are you sure this isn't a failed septic system?
rusty redcloud
Well, it is helped to stay wet by the water pumped out of my and my 2
neighbors basements. But no, its where the water flows. I can trace it
to the street in front of my house, and follow the path further if i was
patient enough. The water table is high in my area but the homes are
new and no septic systems are present. Some of the older homes may have
them though.
Its a stream, but the land gets flat toward the back of my house so it
spreads out and the ground is kind of marshy.
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Respectfully,
CL Gilbert
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door() into
the sheepfold{}, but climbeth up some other *way, the same is a thief
and a robber."
Why not bring in fill to make the stream a managable size and just span
right over it
I got no place to go! Im not trying to cross it. There is nothing on
the other side except my neighbor's property. I am trying to make a
nice walkway with a gazebo. I can put a gazebo on my grass, but I think
it would be nicer if its in this wooded and wet area.
So the objective is to trim back some of the wild brush, make a walkway
with a gazebo at the end. The walkway and the gazebo will be always
over the running water. Perhaps a glass bottom gazebo
But no, I dont want to fill it because the only function of this walkway
is to look nice and the water plays a part hopefully. Yes its really
just landscaping.
But im not a rich guy, and this is small property and the walkway will
be probably just 75 feet.
If I were going to fill it, I would just put a french drain or something
there and let the water out at the end of my property. That might
reduce my mosquitos and I would just put grass there and cut down all
the shrubage but not the trees.
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Respectfully,
CL Gilbert