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Waterfall
Client waterfall Design, Stellenbosch
My Client had a slope at the back of her garden and was keen to have a Waterfall. It was also important that we dealt with the slopes either side of the to-be waterfall. I had myself and 3 men ( 1 Brickie) on site for this project, no small bulldozers, the Client wanted us to work with spades and wheelbarrows. There was a lot of digging, leveling, moving soil, and then placing in the retainers for the levels either side of the to be Waterfall, two huge areas. We dug the collection wells all the way down and dug the main dam right at the bottom. Everything was bricked with strengthening wire in between the brick structures to hold the weight.
Exceedingly strong steel mesh was put in to the base of each well, then the cement plastering was completed. A biofilter was put in at the top and once the water was in I planted Dietes bicolor, Arum lilies, Restio's.
The plastered walls and wells, dams were painted in a special waterproof paint, a sand colour to minimize leakages. It was not an easy project and a lot of sheer hard work for us all, but it all came together and worked beautifully.
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