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Project Overview and Problem Identification

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Bad Start on the First Day

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The video begins by introducing the project, which involves tearing out two existing retaining walls. The first wall is shown adjacent to the house, composed of several tiers of blocks and bordered by river rock. The second wall is located further along the house's side. The presenter points out that these walls are in a state of failure, leaning forward, and contributing to wet soil conditions around the house, evidenced by the deck footings lifting due to water pressure. The plan is to replace these with a double-tiered Versa-Lok wall system and install French drains connected to drain boxes to divert water away from the house.

Goal: Identify the scope of work and existing drainage issues.

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all right starting another project here we are going to be tearing out this wall right here and replacing it with versa lock standards doing a double tier which is kind of like it is and then there's another wall over here that we're going to be redoing look at those footings look at those footage in the same fashion the deck footings look at the deck footage and uh thinking it's gonna be some wetter soils out here yep what gives me that indication is it's good there's a pond back here i don't know if you can see that or not there it is nice pond and this is the lowest house on the block i hope he points out the deck tells me he's going to be dealing with some water in the water table yep heights here another indicator is these uh footings right here for the deck yes all right you can tell that there's water getting under here popping these up the reason i can tell that those aren't at the proper level is you look at the deck from this angle i don't know if you can tell or not but there's uh there's a pitch yes going back towards the house where the deck's getting lifted up so we got down in here we're gonna do some french drain systems to try to help dry it out hook up gutters to drain boxes and and get it out farther from the house well i had a little on turn of

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