How to build a retaining wall up hill
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- How to build a retaining wall up hill - This customer's front yard had a small failing retaining wall and the grade was a steep slope. We built a taller retaining wall with Techo-Bloc semma and graded the slope. The wall has several step ups to match the grade.
these type of things blow my mind. 200 years people wouldn't comprehend that we can just watch engineering like this while eating our donuts in the morning. Great work.
great, now i have to go out and buy donuts because you reminded me i haven't had any in a while
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If everyone would do construction work like this in the US, there would be much less problems. Great work.
Thank you and I agree!
Let's face it, the 3 foot wall gives the yard the correct pitch away from the house. Great job guys and thanks for taking us through the steps involved
Thank you
I feel like these yards are always difficult to landscape in a way that appeals to me, personally. But you guys did a solid, professional job as always, and it looks great.
Thank you
This show case wall will break after a few months or after rain
@@abhis568 Source?
@@abhis568you keep saying that yet my hubby and brother did a crappy job quickly umm 10 years ago and it’s still standing but I’m getting ready to do adjournment and fixing so if it’s going to fall please explain how or 🤐
@@abhis568 You were literally shown the before with random bricks just placed that managed to stay up just fine and you think this much better constructed wall will fall apart? Hilariously dumb take.
Shout out to who ever did the paving., this is a outstanding job all around..!!
Beautiful job! Always nice watching competent professionals at work
Thank you
This show case wall will break after a few months or after rain
I landscaped during the summers in college. It’s hard but very rewarding work! I always liked the before and after pictures of a week long job!
Nice work guys!
Thanks !
I’m so glad the customers paid y’all to take the yard down a little it looks so much nicer. Hell of a job y’all did great job.
Thanks 👍
Nice work gentlemen. It's hard to find skilled craftsmen in this day and age.
Thank you, I appreciate it
Very nice job. The only thing you missed was adding a drain cap on the pipe coming out from the wall to prevent debris and animals from entering the pipe. It also gives it a nice finished look.
Yeah... honestly, that drain pipe is the biggest fail in my opinion. Should have been further over to the corner, so as to drain onto the edge of the driveway and out into the street gutter.
Even better would be to run it under the sidewalk to the street.
When it rains all the water from that lawn is going straight out of that pipe. Who wants to walk across that sidewalk with a deluge of water pouring out of that drain? It's all going to end up pouring across the grass on the other side.
@@insertphrasehere15My thoughts exactly
@@insertphrasehere15*improvement opportunity 😂
1. Quality work fellas
2. Just added lots of value
3. Night and day diff
4. 4’ would have been an eyesore …. Retaining walls can be such a great addition as clearly shown here
Thank you
Great work! I don't understand why that property is the only one with such a high front lawn.
Thank you, there's a few homes on the street with similar elevation. They think when the older homes were built the builder just piled the dirt up on the other empty lots.
I wondered the same thing!
If the developer way like my neighborhood’s developer, then it’s definitely the “extra fill” piles
Mud flood
That was the style back in the day when that home was built.
Man, we've done thousands of square feet of these block walls don't miss them at all..😂😂 That being said you guys did an excellent job...💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
Thanks I appreciate that! I've seen your some of your videos, its great content. Looks like you do a lot of large scale projects.
great job! my only suggestion would be to use solid abs or schedule C perforated pipe which moves water much better an doesn't get crushed.
This
totally blown away by the finished product. that's truly impressive. lots of hacks on youtube etc but this has all the marks of a really professional job.
Thank you, I appreciate it!
Very impressive workmanship that is a pleasure to watch from beginning to end. Your attention to detail makes the best and most beautiful wall for your customer.
Thank you, I really appreciate it
Very nice job, but neighbor should have considered replacing those 6x6 wooden posts with a step down wall as it would have given their house a very clean / classy look compared to having that failing wooden structure.
Thank you, I agree, we tried to sell them on it but they declined.
the wood matches there brown colors and neutral tones of their house
Beautiful work! Professional job!
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PS - It would be great if the neighbor hired you to continue the wall on his side.
Thank you
That is amazing to watch, they make so easy to understand the advance techniques they're using. Thanks a lot guys.
Thanks for watching!
The house looks so much better and its a much better use of the space. Great job.
Thank you
It's always a blessing to work on solid ground, like your Delaware River area. Down in New Orleans area, where the earth more fluid or isn't so solid, we usually pile down anchors at minumum a couple feet, especially on the ends and cornersand make sure everything stay put overthe years.
The best part of your wonderful job, is how you come about an inch or so off of both of your inside corners of your top 2 cover stone on the each corner, total of 4, for a great miter cut. Love those miter cut top stones, looks sharp and complete the apparent look of the finished product. Great Job!
I wonder how much a job like this costs, the work looks amazing!
The home has great curb appeal now; great work!
Thanks!
Hi. Its recommended to use geotextile sheet fabric to separe the gravel from the ground material. That guarantees a clean gravel all over the time.
That looked so clean when you got finished and saved your customer money. Well done. 👊
nice project! Always appreciate you explaining how you do these projects. Learning lots from you Sean
Awesome, thank you!
Cleanest construction site I’ve ever seen!
incredibly impressive
quick work for just two people. heavy machinery, sure, but still a lot of precision effort here
very nice
Thank you 👍
Awesome quality work look fantastic!! Adds so much value to the property and street appeal.
Thank you! I agree it made a big difference.
how do you mow it though - what if you fall over the wall
@@nofurtherwest3474can put in mulch and decorative plants near the edge
@@nofurtherwest3474it's much easier to mow now. It's such a small area to mow, that a push mower wouldn't be a problem. So you really shouldn't be worried about falling off of it.
That's just beautiful. You even put French drain pipes in. Now neighbor needs the same built.
Thank you
Great work. Finished product looks really nice. I’m thinking the neighbor probably wishes he had you continue the wall and replaced his old wooden tie wall.
Great job, it make my happy to see skilled individuals and their finished product.
Thank you very much!
Best thing to ever happen to that house. Looks great.
Wow, Most helpful for me. I'm getting ready to do a wall myself and this was very educational to watch. You guys are masters of your trade!
Awesome! Thank you!
Just amazing !! I wish you could come to Des Moines and do this exact same project at our home !
Thanks!
Same!
Wow! You guys did an excellent job! Impressive! ❤❤❤
Thank you so much!
i hope the person next door took a business card so you could finish that wall
My stepdad told me - If you want a flat yard, buy a home with a flat yard. One of the most expensive things you could ever do is have a yard leveled.
Yes i truly agree
Buy a shovel.
It'll take about 4-5 weeks of heavy shoveling. Rent a compactor, tiller buy sum seed and top soil if you need to mix it in. 800-1200 bux in total.
That is not even remotely true. Moving dirt is cheap. Compare to an outdoor kitchen or a swimming pool
Rent a skid steer your self.. Pretty cheap.. Honestly anyone can run a skid steer.
Yeah, the wood should go! I am suprised that the next door neighbor didn't join in on the project for a few dollars while they watched your magnificent engineering take place!
Absolutely an amazing job, I can't give you 5 stars because it would be unfair you deserve 100. Great work
Thank you!
Wow. Great job man. Came out really good. That homes value just went up ⬆️ 💴 thank for sharing your work man and in the process revealing some of your tricks. God bless you brother.
Beautiful work.people dont take into consideration of the property value increase they get with this type of improvement
Amazing, this wall will outstay this house for centuries.
Not likely.
Nice looking retaining wall and the regrading was huge. Well done.
The "after" looks so nice!
Thank you
Looks cool. Drain cloth over the drain pipe would help with potential clogging
These guys are super professional.
I would have just stacked up bags of cement and sprayed them with water.
I love how much positive criticism there is in the comments, provides a bunch of different options on how it could be done from people with I’d imagine vastly different experiences. Great video and well done :)
Wow, that looks amazing - Smart Guys - you made it look easy!
Nice work
Excellent craftsmanship
Great video. What an amazing improvement for the property. I always wondered how retaining walls were laid...I was always under the assumption you'd have to tie it into the hillside somehow so the wall wouldn't heave and buckle...the barrier of wash stone and drain tile behind the wall must be the secret, in that it keeps it dry behind the wall to aid in frost prevention and or water-logged soil pushing against the wall? Back-breaking work you guys do...my friend is my age (45) and does this for a living...Idk how he still does it. My back slumped over all day lifting heavy block couldn't take it!
I live right behind that little green house right on the river. Good job . I like the music.
Thank you, it's a small world!
Amazing transformation 👏🏽 well done. Keep up the great work. Thanks for sharing this video 💚🌿
Thank you! Will do!
Amazing work. In this day and age of crappy contractors this is a breath of fresh air to see.
that wall looks amazing!
Thank you
Wow that looks amazing, what a transformation
The value of that property just jumped by atleast 40k if sold on the market
Absolutely incredible work.
Thank you very much!
@@srmcontracting Pleasure mate
That was a load of work! But the results are fantastic. Well played lads.
Thank you
Looks beautiful! Nice job!
Thank you
Beautiful. I got same issue this homeowner has. What a pain to mow. Notwithstanding its unattractiveness.
NICE WORK
Thank you
Love that wall and the re-grade of the yard!
Excellent job guys!
Good work
On digging and dumping strait into the tipper trailer
Wish we had the tipper trailers that size here
End result was great
Thank you, Cheers!
Looking good for the house and neighborhood 😊
Thanks for some more tips and also short cuts, I’m not using our big boy toys. Getting ready to order bricks. Yet thinking even doing 3 foot wall might use geo only because I want to redo steps there that go down in between that and down grade slope lawn which eventually will have shallow wall and a planting area curve to quarter wall down drive way.
Glad it was helpful! Adding Geogrid is always a good idea
Turned out awesome brother.👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thanks 👍
Looks great. I will have to do it here in Georgia. But, they try to cheap and bet you down here.
I was real skeptical about a 3 ft vs 4 ft wall. mainly bcuz yards with a pronounced slope normally look kindof bad and take much much more work to maintain. However a 4 ft fall is a much worse deal than a 3 ft fall so theres also that. After seeing what u did tho im all on board with the 3 ft wall. the yard looks amazing and slops really gradually and those stones are beautiful
Awesome work and explained very well keep making videos like this I’ll keep watching!
Thank you!
Amazing job guys!! Absolutely beautiful work, Craftsmanship at its best.
I know that everyone is wondering what’s the cost on a job like this? By all the details involved in this it’s worth every penny.
Thank you, It can very a lot by your region, site access, and product being used. This one is about 10-12k.
The wall really does look amazing. Nice work!
Thank you
Finish job was nice, but you nicked up the existing sidewalk pretty good with the jackhammer blade. I would at least laid in a thin stiff board and filled in those gaps well.
Amazing work. Y’all make ease of some pretty difficult projects.
Looks great. Now they need the city to come along and replace the sidewalk to match. 😄
Amazing workmanship.
Love seeing the quality craftsmanship.
Thank you
Perfect balance and you have a great place to sit. 👍
Awesome! I don’t have or need a retaining wall, but I really want one just like this put in.😂
Thank you
I just love this type of work, great job.
Thank you
Beautiful work!
Thank you very much!
Nicely cleaned up that front area
Interesting on another foot of wall is so much more spendy . Great work
This was cool man, thanks for sharing this. It’s something new and cool.
Much nicer cosmetically and much easier to maintain. Happy customers. Repeat business. 👍
Fantastic work! realy beautiful wall! Thank you for sharing with us!
Thank you very much!
I did a full set of engineering calcs and drawings on a wall just like this in North Jersey (maybe 20 feet longer on each leg), but 3-4 courses taller. Couple layers of Mirafi 3XT. Lighting and grading plan. Also at the top of the driveway we went inward towards the front door and created winder stairs (walk up driveway to garage, turn right up one step to a landing, turn right again up 4 steps to a landing, turn left up 5 steps to top). Other side of the driveway was a similar wall, with 8 steps heading back and up at the left corner. Recessed lighting. Came out nice.
Any thoughts on absence of deadmen wall anchors? With your calcs, and higher courses, did you need them?
@@daddybourbon Are you talking about a timber retaining wall? The wall I was referring to was a stacking unit wall.
how do these walls calc out without a footing or tie backs? passive pressure pushing out. what resists that force?
@@ihatejoefitz These are reinforced SRW (segmental retaining wall) systems, where the blocks work in combination with the geogrid (which reinforces the soil right behind the wall) to create a sufficient mass to resist the uphill soil pressures. The geogrid breaks up the uphill friction angle, which turns the reinforced soil mass into a part of the retaining system. One thing to note, do not skimp on the width or strength of the geogrid. The width has to actually be calculated out. Don't just think "oh three feet will do." Winging it will not work with large walls.
@@Loonypapathanks for the reply! I looked up SRWs and rewatching the video they didn't install any geogrid. he says at the end if the wall were taller he would've used it. I'm sure it'll be fine but I am used to designing retaining walls for commercial properties and this wall would need probably a 3 foot wide footing to meet code.
Art at its finest! Impressive job, guys.
Thank you!
Nice work man!
I think it looks good and you guys did a great job
Thank you
Looks great. Only thing is the black corrugated pipe. PVC is more robust. But whatever I'm not the guy out here doing it. Thanks for the vid
That ended up looking really nice.
Thank you
Really good job with the leveling looks really good.
Thank you
I installs paver and the method I used to have a level ground is the same one you did with the pipe. I do plenty of retaining walls as well but never thought of using the same method I use to install pavers to install pavers. I’m going to try it next time I install a retaining wall
i would rather to have a taller wall than remove the soil, but it looks an awesome job, well done!
What a nice transformation
Nice Mongo Tilt Bucket you’re using on the excavator!!
It's very handy to have
Very nicely done 👍🥰
Thank you
look into a Milwaukee 2641-21CT electric caulk gun, they are sweet save the wrists haha. We use them in the shop for windshields but it would work for you guys. Very nice work man.
Thank you, I'll check that out
Incredible job. Your price quotes at the end were lower than I expected. You mind sharing about how much this wall project cost?
Thank you, the wall was about 12k
Some jurisdictions do not allow walls above a certain height, like 3' possibly, they need to be recessed with a second wall start, so a 4' wall height would not be possible and then only with some form of fencing to prevent accidental falls. Nice job though that you did.