Backfilling Exterior Trenches

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Day 2: Emergency Foundation repair

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What happens here

Once the foundation walls are tensioned and aligned, backfill the exterior trenches using the skid steer. Utilize a material like 1 1/2 inch clear rock for backfilling, as it provides good drainage and stability. Carefully dump the material into the trenches, ensuring not to place excessive pressure directly against the foundation wall. The skid steer with tracks is preferred for this task to distribute weight and minimize ground pressure.

Goal: Fill the exterior trenches with stable drainage material

Tools and materials

Skid Steer Caterpillar — Moving and placing backfill material
1 1/2 Inch Clear Rock — Backfilling the exterior trenches for drainage and stability

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with the wall core filled we can then start to back now [Music] we use the cat with tracks to keep as much ground pressure off from the bath wall as possible sometimes my guys trust the machinery just a bit too much yeah Alex pulls straight into the building because he knows the weight of the machine is behind it and he wants to keep as much pressure off the foundation wall as possible Sam puts himself in a precarious situation if that machine suddenly lurched forward there wouldn't be one Sam there'd be two backfilling doesn't finish this job we've still got to regrade behind this entire property to make sure we divert the water away from both buildings a

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