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Laying First Course of Retaining Wall Blocks (Day 02)

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Can they BUILD the wall in time!

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What happens here

On Day 2, the crew begins laying the first course of retaining wall blocks directly onto the compacted gravel base. They encounter issues with the quality of the blocks, noting inconsistencies in their shape, particularly a slight slant on the top surface. This makes achieving a perfectly level and consistent wall challenging. Despite these manufacturing defects, they continue to lay the blocks, using levels and block hammers to try and mitigate the irregularities.

Goal: Install the first layer of retaining wall blocks on the prepared gravel base.

Tools and materials

  • Block Hammer — Adjusting block placement and ensuring tight fits
  • Levels — Ensuring blocks are level and plumb
  • Retaining Wall Blocks — Constructing the retaining wall

What they say

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one okay I'm going to jump in here because the blocks you see us using in today's video used to be our absolute favorite blocks our goto blocks I call them the gold standard of blocks but lately and more free frequently we've been having a lot of problems with them in just a few moments Sam is going to show you what some of those problems are but it's not just a little bit here and a little bit there cuz we've always had a little bit something here bad or something there bad and sometimes you just get a couple blocks that were bad you just throw them to the side or you would return them or use them as base or whatever you know you just didn't want to see them if they had chips out of the corner but now I think there's some kind of problem with the manufacturing because the blocks are getting consistently worse you know what I'll just show you what Sam's up against in this

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