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Friday, December 24, 2010

The Garden: Driveway and Pathway


There are more cement blocks made. Some for the driveway and pathway leading to the pergola.


In teory, this is how a pebble block is made.... Mix the base material with cement and rough sand. Make the cement block. After its dried overnight, then, mix pebbles with cement and lay a coat on top of the cement block which has been dried overnight. These pebbles can be purchased from the nursery. It ranges from RM12 - RM22 per bag. I bought a total of 10 bags. Which was more than enough.



Cement blocks for the driveway. Good for one car. The other one can be parked
outside the house. Everyone in the neighborhood does it too.


The cement block had pebbles with papaya leaves printed on it. Some
turned out nice but others were not as good as expected.


This is how it looks after the leaves were taken away



Decided to just use pebbles without the Papaya leaves. This pathway starts from
the front door and leads to the Pergola in The Garden


After this, the pebbles need to be 'washed' with acid then polished with shellac. The real beauty of the stone will be seen. So much of work, huh?



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