Bro I not long finished a massive deck job,using your deck video as a bit of a guide and starting a retaining wall job next week,this couldn't have come at a better time for some reference Love your work
Nice save! In my Country we must tie-back / anchoring-back almost all retaining walls (exept gravity, or cantilever walls) what we build and must use longlasting materials, like reinforced concrete for that. That piling wall especially from wood is the weakest structure I can imagine.
@@DiscoFang That wall fail because the solution, what the engineer came up with. Pilling wall with shallow embedment depth, possible based on a miscalculated soil pressure, no tie-back for strengthen and safety reason and on top of that the used material, what will be the next headache. As a civil engineer i can tell you, that whole problem came from the "spec these"engineer.
Tough position to be put in, when you can’t avoid fixing the other guys cheap job. Not a fan of those head banger nuts in the confined space, but hopefully the neighbour doesn’t lose any scalp and sue. I would have reverted to use 15 mm wire cable and wrap around the verticle posts with protection plates too. Not a fan of drilling through subsurface piers and risking water mitigation and core rot. 🤙
You might have just provided the answer to a problem I have been trying to work out. My block of land is split level and has a lot of solid sandstone. The bottom level of the house might be a meter or so below the top level section. I have been racking my brain how to stop the lower wall getting pushed over with time. I could use this dead man system and lock the reo into the lower section block walls. I just need to drill some holes in the top section.
I've just arrived back home (Brisbane, Australia) from a NZ holiday based around Queenstown. A LOT of the scaffolding on major projects is covered in tarps, and we wondered why. Can you she any light on the reasons for it?
The posts would be pinus radiata, which is a soft wood but grows exceedingly fast here in New Zealand. They are tanalised to preserve them. The combination of metals used is so toxic that they won't rot.
Ask you client if you can do a cost break down for this job. As a DIYer who loses a part of himself every Bunnings visit all I see is a massive invoice
Why? There's bugger all leverage on the part not embedded in concrete. The retaining walls benefit from the slant because the forces extend right up the poles.
The wall was most probably not on the neighbour's land and also not constructed by them. In short not the neighbour's problem. Further to that if you build a retaining wall that starts endangering your neighbour's property it's most certainly your responsibility to fix it.
@@davel4708I disagree. That wall would have been built when that garage was constructed, next to the then empty lot. And..it was not built correctly, as it was not angled back into the slope to resist the uphill soil pressures. It simply became Josh’s customers problem because of the new driveway.
A builder once told me he got no satisfaction looking at a job finally finished coz all he saw was a string of one F*%k up after another that he had to fix… 😅😅
I'll come back and watch the video when you have that 100 yr rain storm LMFAO, greedy people and contractors building houses where they shouldn't. You can't tell me that that dirt pile you call a hill will not move in 10 years time. You do know that the earth's crust is in constant stress and movement. City planners and Engineers that OK'd you building a house there need to have their heads examined !!
Bro I not long finished a massive deck job,using your deck video as a bit of a guide and starting a retaining wall job next week,this couldn't have come at a better time for some reference
Love your work
MASSIVE job. The owners must have loved the extra hundy they had to spend unbudgeted!
good fences make good neighbours, this is beyond that, good to see everyone making sure its a good fit fix.
I’m a builder in the South Island and am loving your content. Keep it coming mate.
Amazed that you got wall as straight as you did.....great work
Great solution and standard of work!
So many crappy retaining walls are going to be nightmares in 50 years time.
Awesome job fellas, a retaining wall to support your little green smoko shed =)
amazing project!! really enjoy the details
Nice save! In my Country we must tie-back / anchoring-back almost all retaining walls (exept gravity, or cantilever walls) what we build and must use longlasting materials, like reinforced concrete for that. That piling wall especially from wood is the weakest structure I can imagine.
Can I ask what Country?
It's a great thing that the engineers who spec these don't rely on imagination like you do.
@@DiscoFangyou mean the expert engineer, who did the failing retaining wall?
@@CsokisMoriszYou’re not really paying attention to this whole situation are you. That wall didn’t fail because of the materials used.
@@DiscoFang That wall fail because the solution, what the engineer came up with. Pilling wall with shallow embedment depth, possible based on a miscalculated soil pressure, no tie-back for strengthen and safety reason and on top of that the used material, what will be the next headache. As a civil engineer i can tell you, that whole problem came from the "spec these"engineer.
Nicely done! 💯
It's good to see a resolution to this problem. I'm just curious how much it cost to do this retrofit?
Tough position to be put in, when you can’t avoid fixing the other guys cheap job. Not a fan of those head banger nuts in the confined space, but hopefully the neighbour doesn’t lose any scalp and sue. I would have reverted to use 15 mm wire cable and wrap around the verticle posts with protection plates too. Not a fan of drilling through subsurface piers and risking water mitigation and core rot. 🤙
Wow, big job.
You might have just provided the answer to a problem I have been trying to work out. My block of land is split level and has a lot of solid sandstone. The bottom level of the house might be a meter or so below the top level section. I have been racking my brain how to stop the lower wall getting pushed over with time. I could use this dead man system and lock the reo into the lower section block walls. I just need to drill some holes in the top section.
Another great video
Josh for PM!! Lets go bro! :)
That curved retaining wall I'd a thing of beauty... must have some good carpenters under ya!
Good stuff!
I've just arrived back home (Brisbane, Australia) from a NZ holiday based around Queenstown. A LOT of the scaffolding on major projects is covered in tarps, and we wondered why. Can you she any light on the reasons for it?
How much did the wall straighten ?
was it lack of drainage that caused the issues? im doing a tricky wall shortly along a stream and with deadmen put in from the get go.
very nice
What type of wood are the posts and are they likely to rot at ground level. New subscriber 👍🇬🇧
The posts would be pinus radiata, which is a soft wood but grows exceedingly fast here in New Zealand. They are tanalised to preserve them. The combination of metals used is so toxic that they won't rot.
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What happened to all the denso treatment and tape as specified by the designs?
What was the additional cost to the project? Great execution on the engineering spec!
be a easy 15k
@@baraklazza1595Easy $15 k to be kind.
Ask you client if you can do a cost break down for this job. As a DIYer who loses a part of himself every Bunnings visit all I see is a massive invoice
Interesting the that the deadman’s don’t need to be on a 1/10 slant away from the wall like a retaining should be
Why? There's bugger all leverage on the part not embedded in concrete. The retaining walls benefit from the slant because the forces extend right up the poles.
I m curious to see the bare steel in 15 years and the wood in 10
The steel was HDG and the posts H5, last for 50years plus I reckon but stainless steel would of been better
What was the cost to fix that retaining wall
be a good $15k atleast
So the neighbor got their wall fixed for free?
The wall was most probably not on the neighbour's land and also not constructed by them. In short not the neighbour's problem. Further to that if you build a retaining wall that starts endangering your neighbour's property it's most certainly your responsibility to fix it.
Most retaining walls are on lower side of slope ie bottom neighbours side. He would have put it in wen he dug out for the shed that's right beside it.
@@davel4708I disagree. That wall would have been built when that garage was constructed, next to the then empty lot. And..it was not built correctly, as it was not angled back into the slope to resist the uphill soil pressures. It simply became Josh’s customers problem because of the new driveway.
@ Fair enough. I think you're probably right.
Почему просто не срезали холм? То что вы сделали очень опасно ‼️
A builder once told me he got no satisfaction looking at a job finally finished coz all he saw was a string of one F*%k up after another that he had to fix… 😅😅
If you don’t have money, don’t even worry about putting any think on this Property but obviously the owner has millions
Awesome job Josh! Is that the most expensive section in the Hutt Valley?.😮
not really any straighter lol stronger?
What do you do??
Cry 😢😢😂😂
I'll come back and watch the video when you have that 100 yr rain storm LMFAO, greedy people and contractors building houses where they shouldn't. You can't tell me that that dirt pile you call a hill will not move in 10 years time. You do know that the earth's crust is in constant stress and movement. City planners and Engineers that OK'd you building a house there need to have their heads examined !!
Engineers doing geo tech report don't get their qualifications from a cereal box the calculations would of been done