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Demolish Retaining Wall Caps and Upper Layers

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This is NOT a Typical Tear out

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What happens here

Use a heavy-duty rotary hammer or jackhammer with a chisel bit to carefully break apart the cap blocks and upper layers of the retaining wall structure. Pry off any loosened blocks with a pry bar. This step also involves checking for any rebar or ties connecting these blocks to the main concrete structure or the house. The video shows discovering an old retaining wall block that was 'polied' (polyurethane foam) up to the house's cedar siding, illustrating improper installation.

Goal: Remove the top layers of the retaining wall and prepare for main stoop demolition.

Tools and materials

  • Chisel Bit — Attachment for the rotary hammer to break concrete
  • Gloves — Protecting hands during demolition
  • Hearing Protection — Protecting ears from loud noise from rotary hammer
  • Pry Bar — Leveraging and separating concrete blocks
  • Rotary Hammer Bosch — Breaking concrete blocks and mortar
  • Safety Glasses — Protecting eyes from flying debris
  • Polyurethane Foam — Found as improper sealant/filler during demolition

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good. I was just get that out of there. Sometimes you guys, I think I take for granted what I feel you guys probably already know and then I speed things up and I don't really show you the full details of what it takes to do some of the different kinds of work that we do. And so today I'm going to actually just let it play out in real time. And this

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