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Hi all - we are under contract on a house with a very large retaining wall that is built in a way that I haven't heard of before. There are no weep holes as the mason said the block itself is porous, there's a layer of sand behind the block, and then a layer of landscape fabric in between the...

Hi folks, looking to get some advise how to best tackle a backyard slope to get more utility and usable space. Approximately 60 ft yard with a small 3ft lip at the top of the slope. My goal is to create enough space at the top for a small picnic and lounge area. There are some nice views from...

Hey all. I have a walkout basement so on each side of my house, I have 2 terraced retaining walls as the foundation steps down. The old walls were stones in a concave shape. These have been dug out and I'm building with concrete blocks. I'm trying to simplify this as much as possible so I wanted...

I'm looking to build block retaining wall (i've used the block many times and works well) will be about 5' high and 50' long. Below are two pictures, 1) is house as is now. 2) is where I'm thinking the wall would go. My question is do I just run it parallel to the house or run parallel and...

Our builder is almost complete with our house, and "builders grade" is complete -- which is really just a crappy clay dumped around, in which landscaper makes it all work. I'm doing the landscaping. Along the porch (pictured), I need grade max 30" below edge, and need some sort of walkway...

Hello, I'm working on a retaining wall project and hope you guys can offer some valuable input. I have a sloped flower bed at the base of my driveway that ends with a 28-inch high ugly cinderblock and concrete retaining wall that is leaning. A friend suggested I reinforce it by building another...

We have these retaining walls that are beginning to bow out and lean a bit on our home we just purchased a few months ago. I did a little exploratory digging and I noticed that drainage appeared very poor. Lots of moisture in the soil and no gravel fill behind or under the existing wall. I...

Hi, I just have my retaining walls built on the right and left side of the house by a contractor (as shown below, but I am not sure if they did it right, if you see the 3rd picture, there is no gap in between the house foundation and the retaining wall, should I be worried?, I heard an expansion...

Hi, I've posted a rough sketch of my plans for this project after doing my homework about retaining walls, CMUs and a bit about masonry: Color key: Yellow - existing construction Green - new construction plans Orange - new construction I have questions about In a nutshell, I have an old CMU...

I had a two-tiered stone retaining wall installed professionally to replace a rotten timber wall, which had a deck secured to it / resting on it (yes... I know!!!!!). I had the lower wall built with a recess to build a deck into (see pictures below). The area to build in is 17' wide by 15'...

Hello! I enjoy DIY projects, but have gotten in a little over my head! I am installing a 30 ft. paver walkway leading up to my front porch. My house is on a slight slope, so to level the walkway, the pavers on the lowest end would be 5 1/4" above the surrounding ground. What would you do? I...

Hello great forum people, I'm continuing with my pizza oven project. Th oven is nearly done as the picture shows. Now I need to make a roof structure to protect the oven from the weather. I intend to do a simple shed style roof sloping front to back, but I want to add a section to it so I...

I'm planning a retaining wall along my driveway (max height is 4ft), and debating between poured concrete wall or rear lip landscape block or lip wall type landscape block. See pic. I'm also looking to put a fence on top of the wall, in which plan on bolting down the posts. Similar to the...

I am in the process of building a pager patio where deck was just taken down. The area is about 30inches below where the patio top will sit. I will add full diet to get to the correct level. I have read in places where I have to have a slip of about 35 degrees to not need a retaining wall...

Hello, new to your forum but hope to participate wit both questions and answers, if I know them. But first a question- since my house burned down in the Woolsey fire, I will have to build a upper foundation/ retaining wall that will taper from about 2 ft. high to 6 ft. high over 80 ft. The...

I had a retaining wall built recently and have two questions. The blocks are trapezoidal with two large holes (see pics). First, I was advised that I should fill the wall with concrete sand (to extent possible), so about half is filled, but I'm beginning to doubt it's necessary. The wall goes...

I have a retaining wall below my deck which has started leaking. My yard is on a slope and the bottom of the wall is about 8 feet below grade. The was was probably built at the same time as the house which would make it about 40 years old. The previous owner replaced the deck and put in new...

I put in the short (max 3') but long (22') along my house. See pictures (if you click on them it rotates them properly). Since installing, I've been getting a small amount of water in my basement during heavy rains. I'm wondering a couple things: 1) should I still a perforated drainage pipe...

Hi, I'm looking for any suggestions/confirmation of my thoughts about a small "semi" raised patio. Sorry that this is long! The house is in the Oakland California hills so we don't have frost, etc. The soil is mainly clay. The home built in the 1940s on a hillside. The hillside is being held...

Hey guys this is my first post here and I figured I would share my project I just did over the past summer. I bought a house and it has a very wet backyard due to clay soils. The walkout basement is at a low point so I figured that I would rent a Kubota and make a mess! I ended up installing a...