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You know, that really works.
I think every place that has one should camouflage it to look like the surrounding area. I pity the guy that would have to match a bunch of brick buildings though.The water tank is behind this house. I am in the process of designing a Trex deck for it.
They will have a great view of Seattle when it isn't raining.
Bob
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
Edited 2/17/2003 5:11:46 PM ET by Pro-Dek
Bob, when driving from Tucson to Phoenix, we started to notice "highway art".....The sound barriers were all decorated with southwestern art i.e. snakes, lizards, cacti, etc.......I wish we had had a digital camera........This highway art was gorgeous......Here in NE Ohio, those ugly sound barriers are depressing........
PI, That sounds neat! Are the sound barriers actually painted or are they stamped concrete? They are buiding some retaining walls here in Issaquah that have Leaves, trees, and fish, stamped into the concrete. It looks really cool. I'll try to get some shots of them.Bob
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
I'm not sure, but it looked like stamped concrete......They were all different colors, muted greens, blues, reds, etc....Boy, do I sure learn a lot from this forum......
"Boy, do I sure learn a lot from this forum"
That's what makes it so much fun.
Here is a shot of my front porch. I ripped off the tight knot cedar last week and installed Ironwood. What a difference it makes to walk on. It's like walking on concrete, compared to the cedar.Bob
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
ironwood.....Saw a lot of ironwood trees while in the Sonoran desert.......Is this the same wood?
It is more commonly called IPE pronounced "eeeeeeepay" and most of it comes from Brazil. It is a very dense wood like teak. It has to be pre-drilled and screwed down.
Bob
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
Edited 2/17/2003 7:53:04 PM ET by Pro-Dek
Thanks......As I said, I sure learn a lot......
"irnwood" is a generic term for any hard, dense wood. There are thousands of ironwoods in the world.
There are at least 2 that are native to the U.S. Desert Ironwood and Hophornbean.
Thanks.......As I said I always learn a lot here......
Man, I'm starting to sound redundant..........
Also, talked with my husband today about the highway art.....He doesn't seem to think they were stamped concrete as they were all different and a lot of them........I'll ask my friends in Phoenix.......One of them is an engineer who works for the transportation dept. in Phoenix......
Edited 2/18/2003 5:40:02 PM ET by Pi
Edited 2/18/2003 5:41:28 PM ET by Pi
Is that the water tank on Kent East hill or is there another like it?
No Art, this one is on top of the pine lake plateau, visable from I90 as you drive East down the hill from eastgate, it will the biggest object on the hillside, till they build the new Microsoft Campus up there.
Bob
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
Edited 2/17/2003 7:53:44 PM ET by Pro-Dek
Edited 3/8/2003 11:50:59 AM ET by Pro-Dek
bob, looks like you have a finish on the Ipe'.. my customer doesn't want any maintenance and would like to know what color Ipe' weathers to..
also i noticed your screw pattern is staggered, instead of two side-by-each.. it looks like you alternated one on one side and the next on the opposite side.. whassup wit dat ?Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
Mike- IPE untreated will look like weathered teak(light brown). The staggared screw pattern keeps the wood from twisting or cupping and also saves time and money. We double screw the ends and butt joints.
Good Eye!Bob
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
I lived in Bettendorf, Iowa for a time many years ago. There was a subdivision there that had a municipal water supply with a ground level tank that was housed in a typical ranch house, right down to the curtains in the windows. The city guys would come around every week or two and mow the lawn and trim the shrubs. You'd really have to be looking for it to know that this house was any different from the others in the neighborhood.
Greg.
WOW! Greg, that sounds like expensive camouflage.Bob
"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
durn effective.