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Old 3/16/10, 9:54 PM
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Default EZ-build concrete wall with weep holes

Form work is a lot of useless time wasted. You stack 'em, stick in some pipes for weep holes (note the overflow weep hole up high), and then let the yard sprinklers do their work. Later on... you can paint it.
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I say they were sandbagging.
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Default Re: EZ-build concrete wall with weep holes

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Form work is a lot of useless time wasted. You stack 'em, stick in some pipes for weep holes (note the overflow weep hole up high), and then let the yard sprinklers do their work. Later on... you can paint it.
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Might actually work with some rebar shoved in there.
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