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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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First 2 inches of the West wall foundation leveled
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First 2 inches of the West wall foundation leveled

  • Ben tamps in the first 2-inch layer of sand and gravel foundation
  • Whiskey oversees our work and the pile of roots
  • Leveling the first 2 inches of foundation
  • Looks good
  • First 2 inches of the West wall foundation leveled
  • First 2 inches of the North wall foundation leveled
  • The first 2 inches of foundation leveled
  • First 2 inches of the West wall foundation leveled up to the step
  • All 4 inches of foundation leveled to the step
  • All 4 inches of the West wall foundation leveled
  • All 4 inches of the North wall foundation leveled
  • All 4 inches of the West wall foundation leveled up to the step
  • The bricks are finally delivered!  The supplier we originally planned on using fell through.  So, we ended up buying Allan Block, which unfortunately, meant slightly shorter blocks than we had planned and laid our foundation for.
  • "Jumbo Juniors" and corner blocks
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  • Laying in the first bricks.  Note the gap between the corner block and the next block toward the house.  This is to allow for drainage.
  • Laying in the first bricks.  Note the gap between the corner block and the next block toward the house.  This is to allow for drainage.
  • The first course along the north wall went in pretty easily.  Leveling probablyh took an average of three minutes per brick with two people.
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