The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #22402   Message #3200068
Posted By: GUEST,Eliza
01-Aug-11 - 05:39 PM
Thread Name: Gardening can be dangerous
Subject: RE: Gardening can be dangerous
On a different 'danger in the garden' note, we had a narrow escape today. There's a brick archway over the garden gate, and I noticed this morning that a brick was a little dislodged. Luckily, I asked my neighbour, a handyman, to have a look. He literally just touched the brick, and the whole arch came crashing down, about thirty bricks! It didn't hit him or us, but we were horrified. A brick arch needs to be well cemented, and whoever built this one hadn't. Then my neighbour pushed lightly on the two 6ft 'supporting' pillars, and they too crashed to the ground, resulting in a massive pile of rubble, but no casualties. Walls and arches in the garden should be constructed by someone who knows what they're doing!