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Part of building a house in this neighborhood is that we have to have a hanger. And the hanger has to match the house. At least 10% of the hanger must be covered in the same stone as the house. We knew this going in. But it has taken until recently to actually have the hanger 10% covered in stone. And it is. It looks nice.
What does not look nice is the ground for 50 feet around the hanger in every direction. I have to imagine that the contractors believe that some landscaper will come after them. No, we already paid for the landscaping. And the stone in all sizes EVERYWHERE is a problem. It kills the grass we are trying so desperately to grow. It screws up the drainage we spent so much time and money setting up. Plus the trash they left. Broken bottles. Pieces of metal in vaguely building-a-building potential shapes. Nails. Screws. Beer bottles. Bottle caps. And grout. Grout in bags, grout outside of bags. Huge balls of grout. Small stone-like pieces of grout. EVERYWHERE. It was a HUGE mess.
I have been cleaning it up for... weeks. The larger pieces of stone are now mostly in short 2-6 stones piles against the hanger foundation. The small pieces of stone and grout I am trying to consolidate into only two huge piles. Our best plan so far is the borrow a front loader, dig a hole, and bury it. At least this way the extra dirt can be used to shore up the dirt next to the house foundation where water accumulates against the foundation (yes, we KNOW this is bad! That is why we spent so much money on landscaping to aim the water away from the foundation!). I can at least see the end of this moving-stone particular tunnel.
What does not look nice is the ground for 50 feet around the hanger in every direction. I have to imagine that the contractors believe that some landscaper will come after them. No, we already paid for the landscaping. And the stone in all sizes EVERYWHERE is a problem. It kills the grass we are trying so desperately to grow. It screws up the drainage we spent so much time and money setting up. Plus the trash they left. Broken bottles. Pieces of metal in vaguely building-a-building potential shapes. Nails. Screws. Beer bottles. Bottle caps. And grout. Grout in bags, grout outside of bags. Huge balls of grout. Small stone-like pieces of grout. EVERYWHERE. It was a HUGE mess.
I have been cleaning it up for... weeks. The larger pieces of stone are now mostly in short 2-6 stones piles against the hanger foundation. The small pieces of stone and grout I am trying to consolidate into only two huge piles. Our best plan so far is the borrow a front loader, dig a hole, and bury it. At least this way the extra dirt can be used to shore up the dirt next to the house foundation where water accumulates against the foundation (yes, we KNOW this is bad! That is why we spent so much money on landscaping to aim the water away from the foundation!). I can at least see the end of this moving-stone particular tunnel.
