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Grade and Level Gravel Base

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Wall FAILURE about to hit house-Plus we pull a mean one! START to FINISH 4 k Wall build

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What happens here

The excavation enters its final phase, with workers using hand tools like shovels and rakes to fine-tune the trench bottom. A layer of gravel is brought in by a skid steer (ASV RT-75 Posi-Track) and spread along the base of the newly dug trench. Workers then manually level and compact the gravel to create a stable and even foundation for the first course of retaining wall blocks. A worker is again seen working in the very tight space under the porch.

Goal: Prepare a perfectly level and compacted gravel base for the retaining wall blocks.

Tools and materials

  • Hand Tamper — Compacting the gravel base
  • Level — Checking the level of the gravel base and blocks
  • Measuring Tape — Measuring the elevation of the base
  • Rake — Spreading and leveling gravel
  • Shovel — Spreading and leveling gravel
  • Skid Steer Loader ASV RT-75 Posi-Track — Transporting and spreading gravel
  • Gravel — Creating a stable base for the retaining wall

What they say

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you can do it yourself [Music] you see I don't like my guys rushing on stuff like this because I know the extra few hours it's going to take for them to dig this out without damaging anything would cost me less than if I have to try to replace the siding see the problem is when you replace siding on a house if you Nick a little bit of it and you can't color match it perfectly you've got to replace all of the siding around the entire house and that gets to be pretty expensive Bend there did it done it rather have the guys go slow then dude go too fast and damage something so at this point of the project what we've got to do is actually make sure that the top of the wall fits directly just snugly underneath that house foundation if we put that bottom base block in at the wrong elevation and don't do the reverse calculation that top block won't fit so we've got to make

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