Retaining walls and patio

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Muhammad

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Over at my brother's house he has some soil erosion going on and desires a more aesthetically pleasing hillside. His house sits above the street so our plan is to run a long wall on the hillside as well as a three-tier wall in front of the house.

He also wants to replace his old backyard patio with pavers to make room for a hot tub.

This is the before. Screenshot_20201204-091920_Maps.jpegScreenshot_20201204-091741_Maps.jpegScreenshot_20201204-100248_Maps.jpeg
 
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Cut the existing patio into sections so we didn't have to get a breaker. Of course the guys we hired with the excavator had a breaker. Oh well.

Also have about 15 stumps to remove along what will be a new fence line. 20201215_120148.jpeg20201215_120152.jpeg
 
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Filing this 40 yard dumpster, first with that concrete patio. 20201218_101335.jpeg
 
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Big stump removal. Wound up burying this one. 20201218_124917.jpeg20201218_132208.jpeg
 
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Side of the house excavated out20201219_093509.jpeg
 
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Digging out the hillside and a rough cut of the trench for the crushed stone footing.20201219_093517.jpeg20201219_093506.jpeg
 
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Somebody, not saying who, got a little too close to the cable line that wasn't buried but rather just sitting on top of the hillside. So that needed a new conduit and RG11 coaxial cable. Well run it in front of the retaining wall for future access if necessary. 20201221_170131.jpeg20201221_170110.jpeg
 
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Ready to level off the trench by hand and fill/compact with crushed stone got the base to lay blocks on. received_826755668180867.jpegreceived_331490801191759.jpegreceived_147631306876801.jpeg
 

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