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Prepare the Wall Base with Geo-Grid

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Bad Start on the First Day

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What happens here

After installing the French drain, lay a layer of gravel approximately 2 inches deep as the base for the retaining wall. Use a plate compactor to thoroughly compact the gravel, ensuring a stable and level foundation. Place geo-grid (geosynthetic fabric) over the compacted gravel base. Geo-grid helps to stabilize the soil, acting like a snowshoe to distribute the weight of the wall over a larger area, which is crucial for wet or spongy soils. Ensure the geo-grid is laid flat and extends beyond the footprint of the wall blocks.

Goal: Create a stable and reinforced base for the new retaining wall.

Tools and materials

  • Plate Compactor — Compacting the gravel base
  • Geo-grid — Soil stabilization beneath the wall
  • Gravel — Creating the base layer for the wall

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technical timmy for you he had the cat he had we had to hire a camera person to come in to scope all of those pipes out man look at so you see he's putting grit in the base you see that that's because that grid acts as a big snowshoe oh decided to uh put a drain box in here now new guys recommendations i say i agree uh drain box has got to go right in here eventually and with our base being in this area and they're really kind of starting out here we're gonna have to put one in now yeah for sure we so we're in minnesota and we can't hard pipe the drain box in from the downspout we've got to leave an air void and that what that air void does it allows allows for freeze and thaw um if we hard pipe it it could back up

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