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Detailed Leveling and Gravel Backfill

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Chapter 1-the Start of a new wall

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What happens here

Once the first course of blocks is laid, the focus shifts to meticulous leveling and back-filling. Each individual block is checked and adjusted to ensure it is perfectly level both horizontally (side-to-side) and vertically (front-to-back, matching the desired slight slope away from the retained soil). The blocks are also leveled relative to their adjacent counterparts to ensure a smooth, continuous surface. After leveling, the space directly behind the first course of blocks is filled with additional gravel, which is then compacted to provide essential drainage and further stabilize the base. A mini excavator is used to efficiently move and distribute the backfill material.

Goal: Ensure perfect block alignment and structural integrity of the first course with proper backfilling.

Tools and materials

  • Mini Excavator (Bobcat 325)
  • Retaining Wall Blocks
  • Rubber Mallet
  • Shovel
  • Spirit Level
  • String Line
  • Drainage Gravel

What they say

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sounds good [Music] you'll never see blaine or sam getting up to go get their own blocks they each have their own dedicated helper whose sole job is to keep them fed with the materials as close as it needs to be so all blane or sam has to do is concentrate on leveling those blocks [Music] each block gets leveled front to back then side to side then they get leveled with the blocks adjacent to them then the back of the block gets leveled to the back of the block adjacent to that to ensure that we have a straight line and then a string line also gets ran on it to make sure that it's achieving the look we wanted to and all that gets done without me even being there oh yeah so then some of you are probably wondering what the heck is your job stand well my job is to find amazing people that don't want to be babysat line up the projects for them to work on and then just keep them happy and then i get to go do what i want to do and that makes me happy [Music] so the two new kids are actually alex's brothers they don't have any experience in landscaping but if they work anything like him we're all good our base is in where the first bit of the base is in another all packed let's get one of the center ones put in

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