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Prepare for Fill and Inspect Neighboring Retaining Wall

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The HOA screwed my CUSTOMER. #1

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After a productive hour of excavation, the clean rock has been separated and set aside, while the remaining 'dirty' rock (mixed with organic matter) is designated for reuse as structural fill or disposal. The crew is now ready to bring in fresh fill soil to build up the settled areas. While waiting for the soil delivery, the team takes a detour to inspect a large, multi-tiered block retaining wall nearby. The presenter highlights its unusual, undulating shape and points out significant cracks and displacements, attributing the damage to tree roots growing directly into and through the wall. This segment serves as a cautionary example of improper landscaping and construction practices, emphasizing the importance of planning for natural growth and proper wall design to prevent future issues.

Goal: Prepare the area for new fill soil and learn from nearby landscaping issues.

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and that's followed through here yeah that's actually the original grade and that hump is actually there because that's the area that hasn't settled so all this settled and the water came right down there and this way so that's not settled that's original all right we've been here about now we're right joey we've got all the clean rocks separated and over there we've got one bucket of dirty nasty rock which i'm not gonna mix in with the clean rock we've got the grades exposed tim is on his way to grab a load of fill soil we're gonna start contouring the ground with the soil and then he's gonna run and grab a load of boulders and then it's gonna free us up to allow us to do the grading while he's running material so we should have this whole thing wrapped up here just a matter of how fast how long it takes tim should i dump the soil on the road here do you want to do it that way or should we try to back all the way up well i could back all the way up i'm just saying is it would it be better to dump it on the road or no all right well i'll come out we'll get a game plan look at that retaining wall i've never seen a retaining wall built like that what the flip what is up with that and what's with that chunk in them [Music] dude that retaining well i've never seen a retaining wall that's the worst retaining wall i think i've ever seen built okay so due diligence i think we're gonna dump it in the street and half it in because this this customer is worried about tearing up his grass he's trying to prep his house for sale but before we dump in the street we're gonna pick the worst spot in the street and take some pictures of the street so that when we're done we don't get hit with a bill to fix this crap hole right that's a shitty street that's a crappy street that's cool you think they meant to do that that's kind of artistic if they meant to do that i don't get it i think that's like artistic you think that's purposeful i kind of feel like how could it settle that much yeah but look at do you think this is purposeful right here then and this that not joining the two walls together in a simple 45 i think that was meant to be that way hmm there's no way that that was settled it's an artistic wall it's an artistic wall all right is that some artistic stuff right there too tim it's just because the tree's growing right out of that one yeah that's what happens when the tree grows up so this is a great point here with no sarcasm involved as these tree roots grow…

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