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The customer tries to SABOTAGE his OWN job! 4K

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Video by Stanley "Dirt Monkey" Genadek

Stanley "Dirt Monkey" Genadek

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This comprehensive DIY project demonstrates the demolition of an old patio and wooden retaining wall, followed by the construction of a new interlocking concrete paver patio and a robust retaining wall using concrete blocks. The project tackles challenging site conditions, including a steep slope and limited access, showcasing careful excavation, precise leveling, installation of drainage systems, and professional finishing techniques.

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[Music] the homeowner decided that he did not want the shed moved and we're building retaining wall right in front of it and it's full of stuff that's that's important I told him we do the best we can do with sight conditions [Music] so all right starting new project patio wall [Music] we're going out to a job site where things get tricky it starts out pretty basic we're going to first remove this patio and then rebuild the retaining wall and instead of walking you and telling you what's going to happen I'm just going to let you watch our process and if you have any questions about anything you see during today's video just Mark what time you have the question on and then just ask me in the comments below and I'll try to come back to it but the job site starts out pretty straightforward and then when we get to the backyard we've got a big retaining wall to build things get tricky and the customer takes away our access [Music] yeah [Music] m [Music] a [Music] a and this is where things start to get really tight sometimes I really wonder why we agree to do certain jobs I don't know if it's just the sheer challenge of doing it or our ego saying yeah I think we can do it or I don't know why this is one of those [Music] examples I mean if we were smart we would have walked and you're going to see why in just a minute our plan was to move the building and our plan got shot down our access got taken away and that's when sometimes it's better just to say I don't think so this is one of those jobs that I don't know why we did [Music] oh [Music] this has been uh tricky corner here we got out here first day after having on our materials here and the homeowner decided that he did not want this shed moved and we're building retaining wall right in front of it so trying to excavate this out has been a lot of hand work in here so far to build this up because the shed's so close to the wall and it's full of stuff that's that's important it is full of crap I told him we' do the best we can do and try to get the Grid in here the the best way we can with with sight conditions so we just need like five more feet yep five more feet smooth sailing smooth sailing smooth sailing [Music] yep [Music] sh [Music]

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