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Building Our House in the Caribbean

Step 60 - Building an A/C Screen Wall

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Clada had to trim the dwarf ficus bush since it had grown over the a/c pad.

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Chip drilled holes for the rebar, and then he had to cut the rebar to the proper length.

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Chip built the interior wall first; then he installed 6-inch snapties,

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and next used epoxy to install the rebar into the concrete.

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Chip borrowed a heavy duty steal bender from a friend so the could bend the rebar around the corners.

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The steel is completed.

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Chip constructs the outer portion of the form wall.

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Chip braces the wall well, so we won't have any bulging when we pour.
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                    Chip (AKA The Bearded One) is pleased with the results. Unfortunately we don't have any pictures of the concrete pour...
                                we were too busy wheeling 5 gallon buckets of concrete over to the form and pouring them in by hand.
                               We were exhausted by the time this wall was done--we handled over 40 buckets with just the two of us!

                                                             AC Wall Done

This is what the finished wall looks like.

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