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Building the Double Pyramid Steps

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What happens here

Workers continue to build up the retaining wall and form the integrated steps in the 'double pyramid' style. Blocks are placed in a stepped pattern, with each subsequent layer set back slightly to create the stair treads. Gravel is continuously backfilled behind the blocks and within the hollow cores of the blocks to provide proper drainage and stability. The steps are carefully measured and leveled to ensure consistent rise and run.

Goal: Construct the integrated steps and retaining wall layers following the 'double pyramid' design.

Tools and materials

  • Mallet — Adjusting blocks
  • Retaining Wall Blocks — Building the steps and wall
  • Shovel — Backfilling with gravel
  • Skid Steer Loader Bobcat S185 — Delivering gravel for backfilling
  • Small Rake/Brush — Spreading and leveling gravel
  • Spirit Level Milwaukee — Ensuring blocks are level
  • Tape Measure — Measuring step dimensions
  • Gravel — Backfill for drainage and stability

What they say

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[Music] thank you the contractor that hired us to build the retaining wall at that car dealership for seven years would call me up and threaten to sue me and the conversation with him would go something like this hey you built a faulty retaining wall out at the car dealership and I would say no actually the retaining wall was in perfect shape when I left it and you put a dual drum asphalt roller on the top of my retaining wall and pushed it out and then you added more block onto my retaining wall and then you added on to the end of my retaining wall and all of these things were never engineered into the original design of the retaining wall if I'd known that you were going to do all of these things we would have changed and modified the design before we ever started and that's the way the conversation would end and then eventually he finally stopped calling me after seven years foreign [Music] good morning everyone so I beat everybody out here it's going to be a little bit before them other guys show up and uh we haven't really been leaving anything on site because we're not in a bad area but it ain't the greatest area you know I don't want stuff walking off so Blaine's got everything I stacked out what I could we'll start marking for cuts I'm gonna start cutting right when he gets here it's crazy I don't know I have so many people tell me I don't know how you do your job it's so hard blah blah blah blah blah all this crap you guys want to see a hard job that's a hard freaking job right there them boys up there Roofing okay I'll take throwing blocks and digging holes all day over that mad respect for those dudes amen amen amen well said Sam nothing but mad respect and kudos to all of you roofers out there I think you've got one of the hardest jobs I've ever seen but what's another hard job out there that we may not be thinking of put it in the comments down below [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] thank you foreign [Music]

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