After drilling into the concrete, bolts were installed to connect the angle iron.
The first 2 bricks - only 698 to go!!
Down into the pond to smooth out the mortar as he installed the copies. The water under the scaffolding was still about 3 feet deep at this time.
Slow but sure - leveling each set of bricks as he moved along.
Bricks after a muriatic acid bath - note the staggered seam line.
Gene rented a mason saw and we customized the corners
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Red brick coping to top the pond
Gene cut angle iron to fit around the pond. This is supporting the brick coping installed on top of the pond.
Here's a photo of the angle iron installed - you can see a sample of the brick that has become the coping on top of the pond.
Phyllis cleaned bricks after the mortar has set up - and later finished with muriatic acid to get all the residue off.
The corners are nearly finished. We'll be replacing the wood block with tiles from Pattigrafix!!!