Any masonry wall contractors here?
HO who have built their own?
HO who have paid someone else to build them one?
I'm going to need one tall and wide.
Several years ago I was McMansioned by a "builder/developer" who decided to build a monument to his own ego right next door. Being in the county, he was unhindered by city restrictions. He poured his driveway right on the property line. My private "side-yard" is no more. Now I look up to a second story with some windows....everyday.
Not only is it an invasion of my privacy, re-grading the land has caused large amounts of storm water runoff onto my property. No efforts were made to handle any imperveous cover drainage. Another problem: The driveway alone is larger than the foundation of my house!!
Read that again....
I've thought long & hard about a solution to address all issues. BIG MASONRY seems to be the answer. I'm thinking of starting with a reinforced concrete foundation/base/curb/footer about a foot wide or so for the block to sit on and about a foot high. This will keep all storm runoff from entering my property, flooding his yard, rather than mine. The block will sit on top of the concrete where it won't soak in water. The reason a high fence won't work here is due to acoustics. The wall needs to be high enough and long enough to block/reflect/redirect all noise coming from his side.....back to his side.
Masonary, acoustical walls are regularly and routinely used to keep traffic/freeway noise out of neighborhoods. The reason they're so high is to minimize diffraction and to reflect the sound energy skyward. I'll need a smaller version of this.
The masonary part of the wall will need to be about 50' long and about 14-16' high. To block all views of his 2nd story windows from my back porch will mean a visual barrier of about 18'. It would be much easier and less expensive if there were no acoustical considerations, just a visual screening, however noise is a big issue. And to block noise requires mass. Big Mass.
http://blalockcompanies.com/sites/default/files/000_0092-scaled.jpg
(Not sure why that didn't work.....)
I've already solved the problems of how to landscape my side and make it attractive.
What type of contractors do I need to talk to for a residential project like this?
(P.S. In the end, the narcissistic/egomaniac "B/D" was forced to sell "his personal monument" due to a divorce + cash flow problems. The new owners regularly complain of how poorly many things were done. Ironic that....a monument that in reality is a House of Cards!
HO who have built their own?
HO who have paid someone else to build them one?
I'm going to need one tall and wide.
Several years ago I was McMansioned by a "builder/developer" who decided to build a monument to his own ego right next door. Being in the county, he was unhindered by city restrictions. He poured his driveway right on the property line. My private "side-yard" is no more. Now I look up to a second story with some windows....everyday.
Not only is it an invasion of my privacy, re-grading the land has caused large amounts of storm water runoff onto my property. No efforts were made to handle any imperveous cover drainage. Another problem: The driveway alone is larger than the foundation of my house!!
Read that again....
I've thought long & hard about a solution to address all issues. BIG MASONRY seems to be the answer. I'm thinking of starting with a reinforced concrete foundation/base/curb/footer about a foot wide or so for the block to sit on and about a foot high. This will keep all storm runoff from entering my property, flooding his yard, rather than mine. The block will sit on top of the concrete where it won't soak in water. The reason a high fence won't work here is due to acoustics. The wall needs to be high enough and long enough to block/reflect/redirect all noise coming from his side.....back to his side.
Masonary, acoustical walls are regularly and routinely used to keep traffic/freeway noise out of neighborhoods. The reason they're so high is to minimize diffraction and to reflect the sound energy skyward. I'll need a smaller version of this.
The masonary part of the wall will need to be about 50' long and about 14-16' high. To block all views of his 2nd story windows from my back porch will mean a visual barrier of about 18'. It would be much easier and less expensive if there were no acoustical considerations, just a visual screening, however noise is a big issue. And to block noise requires mass. Big Mass.
http://blalockcompanies.com/sites/default/files/000_0092-scaled.jpg
(Not sure why that didn't work.....)
I've already solved the problems of how to landscape my side and make it attractive.
What type of contractors do I need to talk to for a residential project like this?
(P.S. In the end, the narcissistic/egomaniac "B/D" was forced to sell "his personal monument" due to a divorce + cash flow problems. The new owners regularly complain of how poorly many things were done. Ironic that....a monument that in reality is a House of Cards!