2013-07-06 - OH NO!

I went out in the evening and moved about a yard of sand into the backyard and into the frame. My back was very sore at first so I took some Advil and after 20-30 minutes it was all good. So, I got what I think is enough sand in the frame then decided to screed a couple of feet and trial fit the first row. I put the first 4 blocks in then found the 5th would not fit. At first I thought I had put the blocks in to loosely so I out out some tools and tried to pry things together. I soon discovered that the frame is about 1/2" to narrow. As you might imagine This was very disconcerting as it is all fastened to the ground with about 1 1/2 tons of sand in it. This is not a good time to find out you screwed up!

Originally I had laid out 5 blocks on the patio wall and measured the length. Somehow I got it as 78 3/4" and used this number to Compute the width and length of the frame. I had added 1/2 inch to the width and an inch to the length for safety. I set up 5 blocks again and could not make them come out to 78 3/4" no matter how I did it so I guess I just plain screwed up. I thought I had double and triple checked all the numbers but apparently not. The frame is also about 3" short. Oh well. At first I was despondent but then realized I can fix it without too much difficulty so the next work session I will take a crack at it.

Oh Shit!!