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Shade Setup and Continued Wall Construction

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Turning a Hill into a Flat(er) backyard pt/2

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What happens here

Given the hot weather conditions, Sam and Blaine quickly set up a 10ft x 10ft Iron Ton pop-up canopy to provide shade over the work area. They resume the process of laying retaining wall blocks, moving in sequence along the marked string line. After each section of blocks is laid, they are 'toed in' with excavated soil, ensuring stability. The skid steer assists in bringing more excavated soil to the site for backfilling behind the newly laid courses. Sam spreads the soil with shovels, and Blaine uses the plate compactor for uniform compaction. This methodical process ensures the wall is built layer by layer, with continuous leveling and backfilling. They confirm that for the subsequent courses above the buried section, they will transition from excavated soil to 3/4 inch clear drain rock for proper drainage.

Goal: Continue laying retaining wall blocks, backfilling, and compacting while providing worker comfort.

Tools and materials

  • Handheld Level Stanley — Checking block levels
  • Rubber Mallet — Adjusting blocks
  • Shovels — Spreading soil and leveling
  • Excavated Soil N/A — Backfilling and 'toeing in' blocks
  • Retaining Wall Blocks — Continued construction of the wall

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put geogrid in it all right well it is uh nine o'clock and 94 degrees oh yeah fun stuff but we got some mobile shade that 10 by 10 camp you 70 bucks at northern tool and i got a feeling that it is gonna pay itself off today well sam's facing out the block blaine is towing in the course that gets buried and also prepping the base course for sam to work down on [Music] i don't know where i'm going but i don't want to know what predictable life is not what i want putting one foot down one step at a time let the road turn that's just fine people ask all the questions the box you went to classify your life with the stroke of a pen take those old rules we're burning that box right now more breakers dream makers risk but takers ever silence your voice if you think you were made just to blend right in to avoid being mistakes or to tally your sins you might get to the end doing nothing wrong to [Applause] in we're just gonna lock it in so it doesn't go anywhere and keep on stacking [Music] now this next part has confused a few people they towed the wall in both front and back using the excavated material from on-site but once they're up to the height of the buried course then behind the wall they'll switch over to three-quarter clear drainage aggregate it's only for the tow end can they use the excavated material [Music] they have to maintain a safe zone away from the blocks when they're compacting so they can use the plate packer in the front and stay at least six inches to a foot away but on the back side there's no room for it so everything has to be done by hand

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