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Continued Excavation and Drainage System Planning

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What happens here

With the significant foundation damage and persistent water identified, the excavation continues to expose more of the foundation wall to fully understand the extent of the problem. The narrator explains that the initial homeowners' explanation of 'too much backfill' causing the foundation to push in is not convincing based on the nature of the cracks (not broken individual blocks) and the consistent water flow from underneath. He outlines two primary options for repair: his preferred method of jacking up the entire house, removing and rebuilding the damaged foundation wall, or the homeowners' chosen option of patching the cracks and waterproofing the existing wall. This decision highlights a difference in opinion on the best long-term solution. Simultaneously, work begins on another section of the house, focusing on an existing boulder wall that was incorrectly directing surface water towards the foundation. The plan is to extend and rebuild this boulder wall further away from the house, creating a wider area for proper drainage. Landscaping (trees and bushes) in this area are also being removed to facilitate better grading and water flow.

Goal: Expose the entire damaged foundation and plan comprehensive drainage solutions.

Tools and materials

  • Bobcat 325 Mini-Excavator Bobcat — Continuing excavation and repositioning boulders
  • Boulders — Rebuilding and extending the landscape retaining wall
  • Flexible Perforated Drainage Pipe — Installing a new drainage system around the foundation and boulder wall
  • Landscaping Fabric — Lining the trench before adding gravel and pipe to prevent soil migration
  • Shovel — Manual adjustments and fine-tuning the trench and grading

What they say

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foundation gets sorted out so what we're working on a day is this boulder wall here we're adding another course to get it up to get it up to about here cuz right now this slope all the water running from that gutter and up there is coming right down here and washing out behind this wall and for some reason they built it swinging in so we are gonna swing it out this way towards arch here to get all the water running down getting it out this way part of the original scope of work and our project was to change the grades to pitch the water away from the house foundation and that meant removing some trees and bushes a lot of times those get planted without any regards so how they're going to affect the grain around them and unfortunately it means that sometimes they've just got to come out to do the job the right way okay so have you guys heard what they want to do on this look at those two gaps down there okay you should come today and then the foundation guy can't get out here until Monday so this is supposed to rain on Monday - yeah well it's gonna pour Sunday and Monday so awesome and then they're coming - these guys are dumb fixing the foundation so what's the fix I would do you say what the fix was are just that they were a friend of course on it or did he tell you what they were doing a fix it er um I guess they're just gonna patch up all the cracks shut up that was pushed in when the house was built when they're back going she was saying the guy that he talked to was saying they they packed too much I don't know that sounds fishy to me yeah but ya know I do remember saying the guy he talked to this is gonna come in and everything that should be good oh that's what I call burying a mistake this I mean it was it was no matter what even if it was broke years ago you know that you've got a problem now you correct it you don't just go well [Music] did this place like on the end of it oh yeah you can kind of see it through the window thing is huge I don't see I would put two extra supports underneath there yeah I would put one boom boom with a header in between it just to support is it me or is it visually look like the center of that is doing this does it okay so Sam sees it do you see it Blaine yeah but okay you talked about passing code that doesn't mean it's right let's get this straight because code like a decade ago was stuck no stuck all like there was there was a stucco code do you guys know what I'm talking about where the stucco had to be sealed or…

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