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Fill and Compact Gully

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How To Fix An Erosion Washout

What happens here

With the gully thoroughly cleared, the imported clay soil is now placed and compacted into the washout. The goal is to pack the soil tightly into every nook and cranny, creating a solid, terraformed base that will not allow water to penetrate and undermine the structure. The cohesive nature of the clay soil ensures it will bind together effectively, creating a long-lasting solution against further erosion.

Goal: Create a stable and erosion-resistant fill in the gully.

Tools and materials

  • Heavy Machinery — Placing and compacting the clay soil
  • Black Organic Clay Soil — Filling the gully

What they say

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done okay so we're back at the problem area what we seen last time we were was here was about 20 years worth of Timber and debris placed in this hole as an attempt to fix this the problem what we've done what you find is we've cleaned this place out and gotten it ready so that we can really get some soil in here so let's take a look so right down here is where this debris had covered the entire area when we cleaned it up we made sure that we got everything out even underneath in places like this we want to pull the Timbers out that we're resting in here and the reason we want to do that is because if we leave those behind soil will not go in there it will not compact water will eventually find its way back into that crevice and then start eroding and undermining this Bank from the the bottom up so we made sure that we got everything possible out of here so when we go to place that that clay soil it's going to pack tight into every nook and cranny creating a long lasting solution for the homeowner okay so we're about

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