Base Preparation and Initial Block Laying

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What happens here

After excavation, a layer of gravel is laid at the bottom of the trench, providing a stable and well-draining base for the retaining wall. This gravel is then compacted using a plate compactor (Wacker Neuson). The first course of retaining wall blocks is meticulously laid on this compacted gravel base, ensuring they are perfectly level and properly aligned. Special attention is paid to creating clean, angled corners where the wall meets the existing stairs.

Goal: Establish a solid and level foundation for the retaining wall and lay the first course of blocks.

Tools and materials

Gravel — Creating a stable and draining base for the wall, Hearing Protection Unknown

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thingy so you do know how to base oh my better at it oh yeah okay does that mean that you just get to Sant while all the men are working Bruce Almighty left us for a union job and guess who's back cuzz who's better to work for good could handle the uh truck trailer truck was fine but that 50ft trailer was too much for a rookie if you guys don't know what Tim is talking about don't run the excavator sideways along the bank cuz you tip you go this way he always goes straight up to it that way if the bank collapses out he's he's got the rest of his tracks on Solid Ground just like he's doing right now he just digs back up slide down dig don't drive parallel but you already know that I talking to the other guy that doesn't know [Music] that yeah we did that as a public service uh announcement yes just a demonstration to show you how not to do that yes of course all intentional of course we always are we're so perfect yep yeah even that little thing would hurt landing on top of you might not even hurt you might not even feel a thing yeah yeah yeah true true that yeah stay safe guys stay safe it's cold out here no my dad used to say about that was you work outside it's hot you're going to sweat when it's raining you're going to be wet and when you're cold it's going to be cold oh Sammy's sami's here in shorts still I'm bundled up I got thermals on under here ain't that bad we got weird stuff going on on this one cuz we were supposed to be here before the driveway got poured and it didn't work out like that and this all changed this was supposed to be like a 45 in relationship to everything else if you come over here and look it is not a 45 we are what did that end up being like 37 and 1 12 Dee angle or something like that Goofy it was something really weird so I had to get creative with how these blocks are going to split and uh it's going to be a lot of waste cuz you can only use one side of them when you're splitting like this only had to do one other wall with the weird no two other ones that one was a while ago we had to do a really weird corner like this in Maple Grove if you all can remember that far back but I think now that we got it figured out it should go pretty quick this just depend on how the blocks split yeah nothing to it but to do it Z and I got the easy side yeah yeah all you guys one return on this side and that no we got the easy side until we get up to there and then it's going to

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