The Lesser Wall of Purgatory: Part 2
Area where there was once a deck. Carrying on from the last post, we needed a small retaining wall to...
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The Lesser Wall of Purgatory: Part 1
Back in 2016 we rebuilt the Great Wall of Purgatory. It was a very arduous project that took months. You...
Wall-a-versary
It was just a year ago that we were working feverishly to replace the failed retaining wall built out of...
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...
The Wall Saga: Pumping Day
Once the forms were in place it was time to pump in the concrete. Not an easy task. Because...
The Wall Saga: Form Work
With block deliveries trickling in--after the unload fiasco mentioned in last week's post we ended up getting just one truck...
The Wall Saga: Unexpected Moment
Here's a video of some of the unloading mentioned in the last post. It gives you good idea of how...
The Wall Saga: 18 Wheelers and Inclines
To rebuild the wall we ended up purchasing large 6'x6'x2' blocks from Granite Rock--which, along with United Rentals and All...