Category: Retaining wall

Part 4 572! That’s how many blocks I would need to complete the 125‘ wall. 64! That’s what each block weighed. Early in May, I couldn’t make a decision on the block order. I had decided to order from Menards, but just couldn’t press the BUY button. Then one morning, I checked the website and…

Part 3 Deconstruction and Preparation The drain and water control was, for the most part, working. I felt comfortable starting on removing the old wall. There were quite few blocks and I needed to figure out what to do with them. I thought about having them picked up and disposed of. A quick check of…

Part 2 And so it begins The first item on my list for the wall was to solve the water problem. Over time, the neighbors gravel parking area had gone out of grade. Instead of sending the water away from my property it was now making a bee line towards it. Slowly, that constant water…

Yet another retaining wall project Part 1 When we moved to the new house we knew this particular retaining wall would need to be repaired-or replaced. It was leaning out quite a bit due to the runoff from my next door neighbor’s gravel parking area. The constant runoff had caused the dirt to slowly slide…