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Constructing the First Section of the Wall

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Rebuilding Retaining walls-Start to Finish

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What happens here

Using a skid steer loader equipped with a grapple bucket, pick up and carefully place the first large boulder at the corner of the house. The goal is to move away from a straight vertical wall design towards a more naturalistic, stepped 'S-curve' contour. This section of the wall will provide support while maintaining an organic look that integrates with the landscape.

Goal: Build the initial section of the boulder wall with an S-curve to create a naturalistic look.

Tools and materials

  • Boulders N/A — Primary construction material for the retaining wall

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right into the whole landscaping this side's not done yet and so let's get this side going and what we're going to do on this side is an s-curve come out and then snake in so i'm going to cut groot cut a groove in right through here so that's so that the tree now becomes its own separate island and this has a spot to go between we'll see in theory if that works [Applause] [Music] you guys aren't gonna believe it you're not gonna believe it i actually hit the air conditioning gun yes i did it's like 65 degrees out minnesota what the heck is going on and it's only me okay so next up we're gonna get our seat stone right here hopefully it fits i don't know if it will this door opens this way i want to have enough room for trim but i gotta pop this concrete out cause i don't want it resting up too high [Applause] one of the questions that came up on a past video was dirt monkey where's your filter fabric behind the retaining wall well that was a modular

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