Front Yard Improvements
Our front yard started as an unlevel mess, scared by the loss of two trees to death and disease. To make it manageable, we decided to install a retaining wall around the entire yard and grade the yard to one consistent level. So far, that's involved cutting out a nice chunk of reinforced concrete, removal of a pesky root left by the fir tree, excavation, pouring and leveling of a sand and gravel foundation, and setting and leveling bricks. After nearly a year of stagnation, we finally had to bring in some help to finish the job. Now the wall is done and grass is in.
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We laid in a couple of second course bricks and caps at the house foundation to see were the height was going to end up. 1 in too short--not to shabby considering the bricks were 3/4 in shorter than planned. That means the foundation was within 1/4 in. We can live with that.
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