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Posted by tmurf.1@juno.com on March 3, 2008, 8:14 pm
> I would simplify the compost heap construction.
> Not use brick.
> Use 2 angle irons say from an old bed frame, and bolt those with concrete
> screws to the brick.
> space them about 1 1/2" apart or the size of a 2x12. =A0Stack 2x12 for the=
> separation.
> In many compost bins you will find this construction since you can stack a=
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> you fill and unstack as you use the compost.
> jloomis
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> >A friend has a compost heap in her garden. It is surrounded by 3-foot-hig=
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> >brick walls on three sides and a breeze-block wall at the back. It's on a=
> >concrete base.
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> > She wants to add a dividing brick wall within it to separate it into two=
> > halves.
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> > What is the best way of tying this wall into the existing ones so it
> > doesn't fall over. Is it necessary to dig out some of the exisiting mort=
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> > to insert metal "butterfly" ties and then re-mortar around them, and the=
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> > incorporate those ties into the new courses of bricks?
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Some simple wall ties installed with masonry nails or tapcons should
do a fine job. You can drive the masonry nails into the existing
mortar joints with a good sized hammer or drill the tapcons into the
joints through the wallties for a perfectly good tie in.
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