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Backfill with Imported Soil and Grade

9:20
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We hit a Buried Line -on the Last job of the season.

What happens here

Once the retaining wall blocks and rock backfill were in place, fresh, imported soil was brought in using a dump truck and a skid steer. This soil was carefully placed around the wall, ensuring that the heavy equipment did not damage the newly installed structure. The soil was spread, compacted in layers, and then meticulously graded to create a positive slope, directing all water away from the building and the window well to prevent future water intrusion issues.

Goal: The wall construction was completed by backfilling the remaining area with fresh, imported soil, carefully distributing and compacting it, and then grading the landscape to direct water flow away from the building.

Tools and materials

  • Dump Truck
  • Mini-excavator with grapple bucket
  • Shovels and Rakes
  • Skid Steer Loader
  • Imported Soil N/A

What they say

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system when it's all done properly together and you can see here how we over engineer this now this is actually soil we imported this is not the soil that we dug out we hauled that nasty stuff out this is fresh soil we brought in so the kitty cat right there she's wearing a winter i call them winter tracks uh it's an all season track but i call them winter tracks because it just dominates in wintertime and you guys we've got four epic snow plowing videos coming out i'm serious so excited so excited okay look at this block it drives me nuts i hate this block and i just don't like to see people use this see how sam's just throwing them in they're light this is why a lot of companies will choose this block and they'll use this block because they're so light it's easy to work with but they also don't make strong walls how do you connect these blocks together do you guys see a pin system there's no pin system in these blocks they have little tiny lips on the back of the block and that little limp is what is the only thing that holds them together and then you have to core fill the block but a lot of times guys don't core fill the block right they're cutting steps and that's why these walls tend to have problems when they really don't need to have problems hey real quick you guys not real quick i want to talk about like i still haven't got my element banner i don't know how long it's been but i still love the company i don't know if they want to be like a silent sponsor of the channel but they do sponsor and help me make videos like this so i can talk about you know what we what's happening on our job sites and how we build projects and some of the techniques we use and hopefully it helps you guys out power behind the element software to help a guy understand his business is why i i'm proud to partner with them wholeheartedly proud to partner with them and i have a podcast with them too landscape disruptors we got five more courses stacked and then we're back filled uh two from the top all the way around for the day we are just gonna keep building and backfilling so when we build these walls we can go we can dry stack up to two feet we can put yeah four blocks up and then flip the grid over and then place our rock in place and then backfill the compass and compact you know all the way up and then just dry stack and that way we can get a tighter sequencing on our jobs don't stand there if they have boom see once you start using the cmp grapple you just i i don't…

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