Excavate New Trench

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Double Terraced wall Crashes down pt1

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What happens here

After demolition, use a mini excavator to dig a new trench along the desired line of the retaining wall. The trench should be approximately 2 feet wide and 1 foot below grade. This depth allows for a 6-inch rock base and the first 6-inch block course to be buried, creating a stable foundation for the wall. Use a shovel and digging bar for areas the mini excavator cannot precisely reach.

Goal: Create a properly sized and located trench for the new retaining wall foundation.

Tools and materials

Digging Bar — Breaking up compacted soil or removing stubborn debris
Mini Excavator Bobcat — Digging the main trench
Shovel — Fine-tuning the trench contours and clearing tight spots
String Line — Providing a visual guide for excavation
Tape Measure — Measuring trench width and depth

What they say

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way that means we've got to do it in sections for just a little extra support to that garage we're going to leave the upper wall in place while we build the lower wall but we find a weird little footing that has to be taken out first we plan on saw cutting it if we can get it to rock are we doing two tears on this again or just one just one all right cool yeah we'll knock this one down once we get built we'll see if they'll stay there when we dig back some of you guys remember Blaine but if you're just meeting them for the first time Blaine is one of my project foremen and he also has a master's degree in mathematics of all things and of course moving back intercourse I'll take your word for that I can't count unless it goes if it goes higher than my fingers the trench will be two feet wide and one foot below great that will allow for six inches of rock and six inches of block to both get buried to total wall if what they can't contour with the mini axe they'll do by hand

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