Wall-a-versary
It was just a year ago that we were working feverishly to replace the failed retaining wall built out of…
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The Wall Saga: Addendum
After spending over two months now detailing all the work that was put in to rebuilding our large retaining wall…
The Wall Saga: Finishing Touches
On November 17th of 2015 the finishing touches were completed to the replacement retaining wall. This included moving earth up…
The Wall Saga: Putting it Together
Regular readers will know that a few posts back I mentioned that once Agent Smith’s father, our excavator operator and…
The Wall Saga: Drainage
One seemingly small but necessary step to completing the wall rebuild was the creation of proper drainage. We doubt this…
The Wall Saga: Block Unloading
We ended up purchasing 96 blocks. Some of them are shown in these images. Since the 18 wheelers bringing up the…
The Wall Saga: Left Turn to Albuquerque
This is why I was extremely happy when I got both Apple and Google Maps to update their data for…
The Wall Saga: Footer In Place
Once the concrete was poured it was time to allow it to cure a bit. We continued to unload shipments…
The Wall Saga: Concrete Pumping Video
Carrying on from the last post, here is a video with lots of annotations/subtitles to show and explain what was…