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Fine-Tune Base Height and Re-Compact

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Double Terraced wall Crashes down pt1

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What happens here

After initial compaction, a mini excavator is used to remove a small amount of excess base material that was unintentionally overfilled. This is crucial to achieve the correct final height for the first course of blocks. The remaining base material is then re-compacted with a plate compactor and precisely leveled using shovels, a broom, and a string line as a guide. Blaine ('The Mathman') uses a tape measure and precise calculations to ensure the base is at the exact elevation for the first course of blocks.

Goal: Achieve the exact height and levelness for the first course of retaining wall blocks.

Tools and materials

  • Broom — Sweeping away loose stone for a fine finish
  • Line Level — Ensuring the string line is perfectly level
  • Mini Excavator Bobcat — Removing excess base material
  • Plate Compactor NorthStar — Re-compacting the adjusted base
  • Shovel — Precisely leveling and moving stone
  • String Line — Acting as a precise level guide
  • Tape Measure — Measuring and verifying base height

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now they can't squeeze the skid loader into the corner of that retaining wall so he's gonna dump all of the rock at the end of the trench and then they'll hand shovel it where it needs to go string level is set up just as a rough guide for the excavation this will help the guys determine where the face of the wall goes and the general height but that's not the final guide this needs to be close and then we'll level off the blocks they find out they've got a little bit too much base in place which means that they can't get the right amount of block buried so some of it has to come back out getting that first course correct is critical and we're going to show you in real time exactly how long that takes because they altered the height of the base it has to be recompense tart basing the wall in the corner of the garage and work their way out one of the bucket

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