| Building a Stone Column Mailbox: Pouring Footer, Adding Rebars and Setting Electrical Line for Light |
From "Weekend Remodeling"
episode WKR-102 |
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Materials: Two 80 lb. bags Quikrete
Eight 18" No. 4 rebars
Six 12" x 16" cinder blocks
Two 12" x 16" solid caps
2 mortar bags
2 pallets stone (4" thick pieces)
16 brick ties
6 bags of type S mortar
Mailbox
Newspaper holder (round ceramic chimney flue used in show)
Light fixture
Tape measure
Fluorescent marking paint
100 ft. underground non-metallic building electrical wire
Electrical box and switch
Ditch digger (rental)
Shovel
Hoe
Masonry hammer
2' square of plywood
Level
Framing square
String
Grinder with masonry blade
Additional masonry tools
Additional electrical tools
Sand (enough sand to mix the appropriate amount of type S mortar for the job) - Make sure to mix enough concrete to fill up the footer.
- Place one end of non-metallic building electrical wire in the footer making sure there is enough extra to run up the mailbox (figure A).
- Pour half the concrete into the footer.
- Place rebars in a criss cross pattern. It is important to install the rebars in the middle of the footer for it to be effective (figure B).
- Pour remaining half of the concrete over the rebar and tamp (to pack down lightly by a succession of blows or taps) it with the back of a hoe to spread it out (figure C).
RESOURCES :
Masonry Skills
Model: 0827371764
Author: Richard T. Kreh
(January, 1997 -- 4th Edition)
To order this title from Amazon, click here.
Delmar Learning
Building with Masonry: Brick, Block and Concrete
Model: 156158228X
Author: Richard T. Kreh
(November, 1998)
To order this title from Amazon, click here.
The Taunton Press Inc.
Website: www.taunton.com
The Art and Craft of Stonework
Model: 1579902189
Author: David Reed
(March, 2002)
To order this title from Amazon, click here.
Lark Books / Altamont Press
Website: www.larkbooks.com
Fieldstone (Castone LLC)
Castone LLC
Website: www.castone.org
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