I mentioned, didn’t I, that we were having some retaining walls repaired. Other than a couple of places, nothing had been done to any of them for years and years. Which means long before we moved in. Everything was fine and dandy till about a year ago when a lot of rain resulted in over saturated soil behind the differnet sections. Turns out that there wasn’t any way for drainage. End result? The wall started bowing out, cracked in more than a few places and just plain fell apart.
We live on a hill, or more accurately, on the side of either an very large hill or a small mountain – take your pick, it really doesn’t matter. What is important is that, unlike in the level parts of the area, we just don’t have that much depth to the top soil.
Standing near the edge of the parking pad and looing down, you get the idea. You can also see the start of the rebuilt holding wall on the right –
with it being rebult. There are rocks, large stones, cement built up against a form with newly packed dirt behind and a drainage chanel at that base. It is hard, heavy work which has the crew has been acomplishing in spurts worked in between their other jobs with breaks due to rain as a result of yet another atmospheric river. I figure if that first wall lasted somewhere between 40-70 years (not sure exactly when it was put in), this replacement is going to outlive me….
