On Sunday we set the coping (Tedders Stone) at MC’s bowl… well, Mike Swm and Burke were the chief technicians. The rest of us were apprentice “hose boys” and the like. There was a lot more fiddling and adjusting than I thought there would be. It was pretty straight forward, but time consuming. The whole thing took about as much time as the bowl pour itself. I took a couple pictures before settling down to work, and then Grover got behind the lens. The finished bowl looks beautiful. The tile really adds a lot to the end result. Three days and it should be ready to ride.
17 comments
Chad Balcom
I had the pleasure of skating there today: best bowl ever.
Sometimes shit ain’t gotta be crazy gnarly.
ffej
wow that looks so nice. congrats to all, especially the proud poppa.
what’s next? is there a deck pour coming up?
kc
I don’t take smoking breaks, but that cooler break seems like a good idea. Speaking of work, anyone hiring part time? I’ll bring the cooler.
colin
i think Bryce sat for a bit, but as soon as he got up, i was sitting on that cooler watching dudes work. Nothing fascinates me more than people actually working.
Estes' Ghost
Sexy concrete!!
kilwag
Bryce was in there as much as anyone, but that photo was too funny to pass up. Grover saw that scenario and decided it needed to be documented.
kc
I like the photo of Bryce sitting on the cooler drinking a beer while Mark does all the work. Classic!
Toxic Mike
Very nice What else could you want in your backyard.
freakbeatfuzz
Gorgeous~!
Danimal
looks sick, did the little QP get coping too?
Bill bowlrider: you can also pick up a piece of cement board at home depot , you screw the cement board to the deck of the qp then you can mortar the coping to it, i did it to my mini but used bricks as coping and it worked out great.
conahan
Thanks to everyone who pitched in. I’m the luckiest boy in the world.
dave tobin
Looks soooo niiisssscch. pieace of art
damienhialation
Congrats MC on your little piece of heaven!
kc
Nice job on the landscaping.
Colinwalshrules
this guy in lebanon has a little 1/2 pipe and used liquid nails and there are no cracks on it, it looked great and he had it in for over a year w/o any problems, plus that stuff is soft enough to flex a little.
bill bowlrider
So nice! I have to affix some Tedder pool coping to a wood 1/4 pipe. Do I use liquid nails? Anyone have experience mating pool coping to a wood deck?
ssk
So nice!