Fine Excavation of Parking Pad & Retaining Wall Corner
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Building a flagstone wall and prepping for pavers day1
What happens here
The mini excavator (Bobcat 325) is now used for the fine excavation, precisely removing soil to match the depth guided by the string lines. This ensures the sub-base is exactly 12 inches below the final paver height. During this process, a challenging corner section where an existing wooden retaining wall meets the paver area requires special attention. To prevent undermining the unstable old wall and a nearby concrete slab, this specific corner is carefully excavated by hand using shovels, and the removed soil is loaded into the skid steer bucket.
Goal: Achieve precise sub-base depth and safely prepare the retaining wall corner.
Tools and materials
- Ear Protection — Protecting hearing from machinery noise
- Measuring Tape — Checking excavation depth
- Mini Excavator Bobcat — Fine excavation of the parking pad
- Shovel — Manual excavation at the tricky corner
- Skid Steer — Receiving excavated soil from manual digging
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