Uncovering Damage and Initial Ground Assessment

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Retaining Wall BLOWS Mud and block everywhere

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What happens here

Sam proceeds to carefully remove the large green tarps that were covering the failed retaining wall. He unhooks the various pins and clamps securing the tarp, revealing the full extent of the erosion and washout behind the wall. The ground is severely compromised, with large gaps and exposed sections of the foundation. He discovers old brick remnants and sections of what appears to be a drainage pipe, confirming that the original construction lacked proper drainage aggregate and was built directly on dirt, leading to the catastrophic failure. He notes that paper wasps are present but hopes they aren't aggressive.

Goal: Fully expose the damaged retaining wall and assess the erosion.

Tools and materials

Green Tarps — Covering the damaged area
Staples/Pins — Securing the tarps to the ground

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so [Music] that's a blowout right there holy crap look at that morning sunshine how's your long weekend good damn right damn right it was good long weekends are always good unless you're hurt or sick look at this [Music] that baby blue blue out holy crap it looked gnarly when i was looking underneath the tarp but you get the tarp off it and it's like the gnarly factor got cranked up to 11. looks like there used to be a brick wall behind there at some point yep you got a bunch of bricks in there oh it was yeah the brick wall and then did that one over the front of it and i also do it if you look there ain't nothing behind there but dirt yeah there's no drainage aggregate there's there's nothing it's just dirt all right cool cool cool cool make some room or whatever and you see what we got where's here making memories why you know if i was gonna name a boat i'd do something like unsinkable four or like wife's bane or something like that [Music] last time we

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