Project Overview and Initial Planning

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How To Update The Appearance Of A Home with Retaining Walls

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The project begins with an assessment of the existing landscape, which features a triple-terraced timber retaining wall that is approximately 15 to 20 years old. Although the timber is in good condition, its aesthetic is outdated. The plan is to remove this triple-terraced structure and replace it with a double-terraced system. Specifically, the bottom-most timber wall will be entirely eliminated, and the soil behind it will be graded down to the curb line, restoring the original ground level at that point. This reduction from three to two terraces also helps to reduce the overall project expense. The upper two retaining walls will be replaced with new ones of approximately the same height but constructed from natural boulders to achieve an updated look.

Goal: Define scope and design of the retaining wall replacement

Tools and materials

Existing Timber Retaining Walls — The structure to be removed and replaced
Soil N/A — The existing earth that will be regraded
Water Inlet Pipe N/A — An existing pipe that indicates the original ground grade

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so today we're doing a simple remodeling project we're going to be updating the face of this house we have some timber walls that have probably been here for 15 or 20 years now although they're in very good condition it's just the look that outdates the this project and so what we're going to be doing is we're going to be removing this triple terraced retaining wall and installing a double terraced retaining wall the reason we're going to be cutting down one of the and removing and eliminating one whole terrace is simply because it's not needed and it will eliminate a little bit of the expense of the overall budget so those this bottom wall that you see right here this is going to be eliminated entirely and then the soil is actually going to be graded down to the curb line you can actually see where the water inlet pipe sticks out of the ground by about 18 inches that's where somebody had came in before and built the retaining wall where the grate used to be so we're going to revert it back to the original grades for the bottom terrace and then the upper two retaining walls are going to be approximately the same height but we're going to update it by using boulders

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