Stan, it helps to keep a compressor on the main tool truck that your guys take to the site, blasting everything clean with compressed air takes no time to do, and virtually takes the guess work out of whether or not there is dirt keeping the blocks from being level. I use this strategy with everything from building walls, to cleaning out the machines, to blowing the dust off the guys at the end of the days. Give it a try
I'm sure the Keyboard Warriors on here don't think this is a "proper" repair. Stan you should have knocked the whole building down and start again. Great content 👍 thanks for sharing.
This video shows how much labor is involved in properly laying up a stacked wall like this. Shows why it takes real knowledge and skill ... not good for the average home owner self repair.
A local company built a short retaining wall and a fancy brick and iron privacy fence at a neighbor’s house, and half of it came crashing down the first time we had a big rain. I’m guessing they didn’t use the geo grid...
Not hard at all. The only thing that takes time is the preparation of the ground, and i mean digging and leveling the gravel and putting the 1st layer of paver, the rest is just easy cake. For the retaining wall to last long, the important thing is the foundation and the draining. I had done those types of walls in 2 days at most, and I mean entire wall that you see in the video, not just that small section.
nice work Stan your crew takes care and makes sure it is done right, that handle must sure make the job go allot better , it is no different than building any wall if it is done right it will stand the test of time, your guys demonstrate that here
More was supposed to be removed from behind the wall you of all guys should know that especially the work you guys do and what you guys for a few months and you guys do real good work so be careful on your repairs
Curious & gotta a question (that probably already know answer to) for ya. If the city were to have called you to come out & remove the wall, instead of them ripping thru it, would it have been an easier job for you guys afterwards; in the repair/replacement? Next, has this happened to you, that some company or city worker, will call you out to help them on a job? Lastly, wouldn’t mind a vid (vlog) with some stories. Really like your stories & listening to you talk. A great “talker/storyteller”, along with giving great information to us as well. Literally could listen to you (& some crew) all day w/ what you’ve experienced, been through, over your lifetime etc... Looking good Cheers✌🏼
How does that work when the city comes in and messes up that nice work and you got to come back and redo does the city pay you for that I love your crew bro you got some cool guys working for you man 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👊🏼👊🏼
Roy Nelson doubtful, if it’s anything like here the city owns so many feet from the road and is free to do as they please in that area even though we perceive it as our yard. That wall would technically be built on town property and therefore they are free to damage it and not repair it if they should so please
Roy Nelson In my city the city right of way is 33 feet from the center of the roadway, the road is approximately 26 feet wide, so 13 from the center to the curb and another 20 into my yard, so from the curb to sidewalk is 8 feet, 3 1/2 feet of sidewalk, so that leaves about 9 feet they can come into my yard on one street, and a little more on the other, live on a corner lot...any damage in that area is on me to repair if they don’t, most of the time they do an excellent job of clean up and repair.
gsettlemyre it’s been my experience that they will replace sod and driveway and anything like that but something like a retaining wall is pushing it. Lucky the workers didn’t make a real mess of it just because they were annoyed with the inconvenience
*IF* you’re lucky enough to be there when they do it, throw each guy a hundo and you pretty much become the project manager. I did this with an underground electrical repair in my yard. Crew did a phenomenal job working with me to cause as little permanent damage to landscape as possible, and even came back a few weeks later to add more seed/improve settled grade.
Why didn't the city have to do the repair? Even in South Africa after a lot of back and forth the city will restore the property of their main or drainage caused the damage.
from what i can see in the video the blow out happened well within private property. this means the damages from the blowout, the repairs to the blow out and the repairs to the damage caused from repairing the blowout are 100% the responsibility of the property owner. it is all very circumstantial im sure. depending on why the blow out happened the city may have footed the bill to repair the blowout but they are not responsible for the damages caused by it or by the repairing of it. this is where home owners insurance comes in handy because it will cover the cost of repairing the damages but not the cost of repairing the blowout.
Couple of questions Stan. Would a brick rub speed up the "cleaning" of the tops of those block's??? Do you guys use a permeable fabric to keep the soil from leeching into your drain stone on the back of the wall??? Just wondering. Thanks!!! Nice vid and great clear concise explanations!!!
@@justinotten6673 I think It's just like he said, you must use proper stone for drainage conditions. Don't use pea gravel as a drainage material! Geo textiles are brilliant, but a fabric. So they work and react as fabric.
Maybe your guys should brush off the bottom of the block beings he’s installing it then removing it and putting it on the ground in all the rocks and dirt then they wouldnt have so many issues
That's amazing they pulled down the wall for that. What about driving on the neighbors property and going through the chain link fence? Bet they could have run over those bushes without any real damage.
Those walls are weak like hell, the geogrid is doing 90% of the job, it's forbidden in my country to use those as retaining walls. Well for this height it's barely a retaining wall anyway.
@@Enrique-peralta Totally agreed, but small block like shown in this video are not suitable for strong retention walls, it's ok for less then a meter... And even then they wil fail in hard conditions.
so i always separate the earth from the back fill stone with a fabric that still allows water to flow but keeps the dirt from mixing with the stone over time. i know some people will say the the fabric will clog up but that largely depends on the contents of the earth its keeping separated. so assuming that is not a factor what are your thoughts on using fabric to separate the stone back fill from the earth?
So how would you adjust the blocks if they start leaning forward slightly? Like less than a quarter. I can see how if they’re leaning backwards you can raise up the rear of the block. But not sure how you would adjust it in that plane.
So the city basically stole the bricks and didn't care to fix it? Well at least our city is kind enough to do minimal damage as possible and if we ran across a wall this this we would hand dig it out and leave the stones behind for an easy repair. we would also pay a contractor to fix said wall.
noticed on a few of these SRW videos, you all never use filter fabric inbetween backfill/drainage aggregate. I was always taught it was needed to keep dirt from filling in stone over time. Is this a not needed step?
Morning stand. This is work I would not try doing my self not but for a home owner could you maybe add the man hours your guys had on the job on some of your videos like this. I know rates very across the country. Could help homeowners
Stanley, did you know that Rotobec just partnered with Cotontop3 to produce a grapple that goes in place of a mini excavator bucket and is fully hydraulicly controlled. The grapple is overengineered whilst being amazingly lightweight with a rating of 25k of capacity. Check his channel for details.
Not sure, there are allot of places the city ends at the street. You own the tap and any problems that arise. In Minnesota those taps are ten feet deep and in the winter they ( Hand Dig) with a jack hammer to get to them. I was a underground utility locator in the Cities for 20 years. I have seen it all. I lost my water line twice. I live in the country to a well. 150 feet run. Of course it was February both times. 1st time we fixed it. Dug it up in the middle of the drive way. My Brother in law is a plumber. He showed me the line he cut out. Old cast iron pipe. " This wont be the last time." Better replace it in the spring. So I did not... Three years later. ten feet away from the previous repair. Off the drive way. Again in February my plow truck takes a nose dive into a wet spot. My wife " Brandon said you needed to replace that line." D'oh... We milked it until spring. Turned the water off. Turn it on once day. Do what we had to do. turned it back off. Cost us every appliance that had water to it. It vacuumed in dirt and plugged them all up. Water softer, water heaters, washer, dish washer. all of them. Had a buddy bore a new line to the well house in May. I had to wait until they were in between jobs. Guys I know cost me three cases of beer. I purchased all the pipe and insulation and connections. And all my appliances. Those guys were awesome. They hit a three inch hole in the well man hole dead center. From across the yard. My Brother in Law made all the connections. Paid him with a beef cow. Of course, guess who gets called to do free locates. " We have a gas line to a grill we cant find. Or a Power line to a out building. Fair enough..
so many comments on using a tool instead of the block why screw around with a tool? Now you need power or batteries and to make sure the tool doesn’t walk off. When you use the block it self that is perfect. You always have the tool, it never wares out and no one wants to steel the block like they steel tools. Unless your afraid of the 80 pounds I have no idea what wrong with just using the block. Less crap to drag to to job site. You can tell by the care you take your jobs and this repair is made to last a long time.
Stan just curious, I have a 80 foot solid concrete retaining wall that has been blown out on the one end. is that fixable or do you recommend replacing the whole thing to maintain any structural integrity?
Stan I had a retaining wall put up a few years ago and I would appreciate your thoughts. Two 4' walls 5' apart. They didn't use geogrid. It is Menards hallow blocks, rebar ran down the middle and then they were all filled with concrete. I wish I would have done more research before listening to the A-hole contractor that did the work. So far it's been solid, do you think it will last?
Matt Mulcahy why screw around with a tool? Now you need power or batteries and to make sure the tool doesn’t walk off. When you use the block it self that is perfect. You always have the tool, it never wares out and no one wants to steel the block like they steel tools. Unless your afraid of the 80 pounds I have no idea what wrong with just using the block.
I probably shouldn't answer since I am a DIY, but if I understand your question, geo-fabric would impede the flow of water, thus increasing hydro-static pressure on the wall. These blocks were designed to have almost no hydro-static pressure via the use of 1)drainage aggregate, 2) the bottom drain in the wall you may have seen at the beginning of the video, 3) french drain pipe that we didn't see but is connected to the aforementioned drain, 3) and by allowing water to weep through the block.
Can you please tell me what your average price is per sq . ft . for non engineered retaining wall installation using the versa lok standard units ? I just want an idea so I don't get burned like I did once a few months ago but stay somewhat competetive on pricing .
Per the Versa-Lok Design and Installation Guidelines (page 4) for their Standard Units (which is the type of block shown in the video), each block weighs 82 lbs.
Cities are fantastic at destroying everything but NEVER fix what they destroy. It's ridiculous they are allowed to destroy everything and NOT have to repair them back to like conditions.
The town I live in put in a sewer and dug across the Methodist Church entrance drive which had been asphalted. It was over 9 months before they really fixed it.
Most, if not all government localities have immunity from doing their job. If they didn't, there would be a permanent state of lawsuits. Believe me, people love to sue.
hudsonhawk 001 it’s the towns property that the homeowner built a wall on. The town can do as they please and if the owner wants the wall fixed it’s on them
hudsonhawk 001 most towns own so many feet from the road and it’s normally past the sidewalk, if that’s the case here the owner built a wall on the towns property and therefore the town isn’t responsible to fix the wall or even take any care not to damage it
In our town easements can be used for just about anything but “permanent building foundations”. But, you better believe if your shed is on one, or your expensive near-extinct transplanted redwoods, or your unilock paver Ferrari pad, they’re tearing it up if they need to. It’s all in the code.
@@Beandiptheredneck You are correct. Where I live, the town owns, on average, 12 to 15 feet from the edge of the (town owned) street to the homeowner's front property line. If you live on a private street, or a HOA maintained street, the rules are different.
Had a simlar happen to a neighbors place- He finally did what we did 15 yrs earlier when moved in..Had used Concrete and Steel Beams like a 4ft High Foundation.. It was doen in less than 6 hrs and alot less work and will last alot longer and had to Plumbing Redone the Right Way..And if that is City Easment? Don't even bother doing it..move your Retaining Foundation wall Up Higher onto your Land.. And Please Shave will you..
That's a lot of struggling for sub par work. There are for more efficient and effective ways to do repairs like this. You need to pin that Geo grid into the wall higher up. And I am not sure why your not using soil seperater especially since it's a weeping wall. 57s are the best back fill material. Even tho it was pinned it still needs gator bond. It's a straight wall not curved so the water is going to build up static pressure behind it causing movement. Since no adhesive was used and the Geo grid wasn't properly installed this wall will have to be repaired again in a few years.
Pretty much everything you just said about a retaining wall is false except for using 57 stone- which is just another name for what we used. otherwise NEVER use a soil seperaration fabric UNLESS the wall will be underneath the high water table. Thats the one and only time you use fabric vertically to wrap the rock. You WANT the water to weep freely through the wall. NEVER use adhesive to glue a wall together unless its the CAPS or corners. Adhesive can impede drainage. they make the pins for a reason. Thats whu we use them. nuff said- go judge someone else's work from your couch.
A lot of us don't fully understand what's going on and he helps better understand what they are doing and why they are doing it. There are a lot of times where just watching someone doesn't explain the little things they do that are truely critical to a timely, professional job.
Stan, Something has changed in these last few videos where you sound like a news reporter. All the fun/ excitement is gone from your voice and it sounds like you are reading from a teleprompter. Cold and clinical.
Stan, it helps to keep a compressor on the main tool truck that your guys take to the site, blasting everything clean with compressed air takes no time to do, and virtually takes the guess work out of whether or not there is dirt keeping the blocks from being level. I use this strategy with everything from building walls, to cleaning out the machines, to blowing the dust off the guys at the end of the days. Give it a try
They do the job right, taking the time, effort, and attention it needs. That is huge.
Thanks for watching Scorpio !
These jobsite videos are amazing. Im just about ready to actually do some of these types of jobs around my house just from watching these.
Awesome , hope it all turns out great, thanks for watching !
Seeing them rebuild a wall gives us all an even better understanding of how it all works. Fantastic
This has to be my new favorite way of videos. Not sure at all why but it were good to watch for all the right reasons. More Is always allowed.
Nice to see you working in Saint Paul! I live right down the block from that site!
Cool! Thanks for watching !
I'm sure the Keyboard Warriors on here don't think this is a "proper" repair. Stan you should have knocked the whole building down and start again. Great content 👍 thanks for sharing.
Thank you !!
This video shows how much labor is involved in properly laying up a stacked wall like this. Shows why it takes real knowledge and skill ... not good for the average home owner self repair.
Did you fail Lego class too?
A local company built a short retaining wall and a fancy brick and iron privacy fence at a neighbor’s house, and half of it came crashing down the first time we had a big rain. I’m guessing they didn’t use the geo grid...
Not hard at all. The only thing that takes time is the preparation of the ground, and i mean digging and leveling the gravel and putting the 1st layer of paver, the rest is just easy cake. For the retaining wall to last long, the important thing is the foundation and the draining. I had done those types of walls in 2 days at most, and I mean entire wall that you see in the video, not just that small section.
These videos are the FRICKEN BEST!
Thank you and glad that you like them !
glad to see these videos making a return
Thanks Joey !
nice work Stan your crew takes care and makes sure it is done right, that handle must sure make the job go allot better , it is no different than building any wall if it is done right it will stand the test of time, your guys demonstrate that here
Hey Stanley, another quality repair...and some accurate narrating too!
Rob from Montréal
Many thanks!
This was well worth my time. Thanks for the information. Y'all bang it out 💪🏻
Nice starter job for your crew, Stan. Spring training for a couple of your guys.
Thanks 👍
I just found your channel. Totally great job on that wall refix,. Great editing too, Keep up the great work. Jim
More was supposed to be removed from behind the wall you of all guys should know that especially the work you guys do and what you guys for a few months and you guys do real good work so be careful on your repairs
If those blocks are 83lbs each then those are some strong dudes.
I hear that. Moving 83 lbs with one arm like that is almost not real, but, maybe they do weigh that much?
they do! just built a 9.5ft tall wall! equipment helps a lot!!
Curious & gotta a question (that probably already know answer to) for ya.
If the city were to have called you to come out & remove the wall, instead of them ripping thru it, would it have been an easier job for you guys afterwards; in the repair/replacement?
Next, has this happened to you, that some company or city worker, will call you out to help them on a job?
Lastly, wouldn’t mind a vid (vlog) with some stories. Really like your stories & listening to you talk. A great “talker/storyteller”, along with giving great information to us as well.
Literally could listen to you (& some crew) all day w/ what you’ve experienced, been through, over your lifetime etc...
Looking good
Cheers✌🏼
Little tip that I do for scrapping glue off blocks fast and easy. Sawzall with scrapper blade attachment.
Could almost do with a shop vac to remove the dirt and debris from the block slots here
How does that work when the city comes in and messes up that nice work and you got to come back and redo does the city pay you for that I love your crew bro you got some cool guys working for you man 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👊🏼👊🏼
Roy Nelson doubtful, if it’s anything like here the city owns so many feet from the road and is free to do as they please in that area even though we perceive it as our yard. That wall would technically be built on town property and therefore they are free to damage it and not repair it if they should so please
Roy Nelson In my city the city right of way is 33 feet from the center of the roadway, the road is approximately 26 feet wide, so 13 from the center to the curb and another 20 into my yard, so from the curb to sidewalk is 8 feet, 3 1/2 feet of sidewalk, so that leaves about 9 feet they can come into my yard on one street, and a little more on the other, live on a corner lot...any damage in that area is on me to repair if they don’t, most of the time they do an excellent job of clean up and repair.
gsettlemyre it’s been my experience that they will replace sod and driveway and anything like that but something like a retaining wall is pushing it. Lucky the workers didn’t make a real mess of it just because they were annoyed with the inconvenience
*IF* you’re lucky enough to be there when they do it, throw each guy a hundo and you pretty much become the project manager. I did this with an underground electrical repair in my yard. Crew did a phenomenal job working with me to cause as little permanent damage to landscape as possible, and even came back a few weeks later to add more seed/improve settled grade.
@@danervin2530 now that sounds like a really smart move right there 👊🏼👊🏼👍🏼👍🏼
So cool. Need to hit lotto to get your crew to travel to my mothers home and make her basement dry and her yard look nice. God bless Stan, stay safe!
Why is this so interesting
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Nice try Stan:) Thanks for another great daily video.....thumbs up!
Thats a good one
"Its a very precise procedure" its rock legos dude 😁
Loving these emergency repair vids, keep it up!
Why didn't the city have to do the repair? Even in South Africa after a lot of back and forth the city will restore the property of their main or drainage caused the damage.
from what i can see in the video the blow out happened well within private property. this means the damages from the blowout, the repairs to the blow out and the repairs to the damage caused from repairing the blowout are 100% the responsibility of the property owner. it is all very circumstantial im sure. depending on why the blow out happened the city may have footed the bill to repair the blowout but they are not responsible for the damages caused by it or by the repairing of it. this is where home owners insurance comes in handy because it will cover the cost of repairing the damages but not the cost of repairing the blowout.
@@Zack-dk3pt Great explanation.
There are now in marketing blades for sawall that use just for scraping wirk really good for scaping sticky / gummy stuff
Couple of questions Stan. Would a brick rub speed up the "cleaning" of the tops of those block's??? Do you guys use a permeable fabric to keep the soil from leeching into your drain stone on the back of the wall??? Just wondering. Thanks!!! Nice vid and great clear concise explanations!!!
I don't use vertical fabric to seperate the soils because it can plug up from silts and fines. Then the drainage zone becomes a liability.
@@Dirtmonkey but wouldn't those same silts and fines plug up the drainage zone?? Not trying to annoy, just curious.
Justin Otten thats the fine line of what nature intended and what a guy can construct.
Also curious about this question and the responses to the question. Thanks Stan. Nice job out there.
-Charles
@@justinotten6673 I think It's just like he said, you must use proper stone for drainage conditions. Don't use pea gravel as a drainage material! Geo textiles are brilliant, but a fabric. So they work and react as fabric.
Hi dude your the best guy ever on Construction channels
Could you clean those blocks with a wire cup brush on a grinder? I have removed adhesive with one without gumming up the brush.
Dennis Olsen that’s what we use, works great and fast
Hey Stan, can you explain how you price out these repairs at the end of the videos? I was struggle at quoting repairs.
Maybe your guys should brush off the bottom of the block beings he’s installing it then removing it and putting it on the ground in all the rocks and dirt then they wouldnt have so many issues
That's amazing they pulled down the wall for that. What about driving on the neighbors property and going through the chain link fence? Bet they could have run over those bushes without any real damage.
The wall is so short I bet they could have backed the trailer up to the wall, put a board across the top cap and drove over.
@@robb1165 Even better. Most of the equipment trailers have ramps that would have perfectly bridged across that wall.
Love your vidio
Much appreciated !
It seems like it's more work than it's worth
It's a repair. To put the wall in fresh ain't so bad, but with this you've got to adhere to what you got.
Same, more work than it’s worth. Won’t it just blow out again. They did everything right the first time.
@@Hndsomehubby a water line blew out not the wall. The wall was taken down due to the water issue
@@zacharylocicero9297 I wonder sometimes if people even watch or pay attention or just comment
The city is paying by the hour
Did the original block get tired?
Alex kinda loaded that wheelbarrow back heavy but it was him wheeling it so that a big a deal! Some guys get really pissed about that.
Tell them to load there own barrow then. I'm not your baby
Those walls are weak like hell, the geogrid is doing 90% of the job, it's forbidden in my country to use those as retaining walls. Well for this height it's barely a retaining wall anyway.
Ya well when you use something like geogrid the wall is mostly for show since it doesn't have to hold up the weight of the dirt
@@Enrique-peralta Totally agreed, but small block like shown in this video are not suitable for strong retention walls, it's ok for less then a meter... And even then they wil fail in hard conditions.
you know what would probably work better than glue is to just drill holes in the top blocks and use the pin system it would come out really clean
What’s the price?
Stan, what is your favorite chainsaw and concrete saw? Nice video again!
Does the homeowner or city pay for this repair?
Awesome video thank you guys
so i always separate the earth from the back fill stone with a fabric that still allows water to flow but keeps the dirt from mixing with the stone over time. i know some people will say the the fabric will clog up but that largely depends on the contents of the earth its keeping separated. so assuming that is not a factor what are your thoughts on using fabric to separate the stone back fill from the earth?
So how would you adjust the blocks if they start leaning forward slightly? Like less than a quarter. I can see how if they’re leaning backwards you can raise up the rear of the block. But not sure how you would adjust it in that plane.
Did you have to get the repair work inspected by the town?
So the city basically stole the bricks and didn't care to fix it? Well at least our city is kind enough to do minimal damage as possible and if we ran across a wall this this we would hand dig it out and leave the stones behind for an easy repair. we would also pay a contractor to fix said wall.
noticed on a few of these SRW videos, you all never use filter fabric inbetween backfill/drainage aggregate. I was always taught it was needed to keep dirt from filling in stone over time. Is this a not needed step?
Morning stand. This is work I would not try doing my self not but for a home owner could you maybe add the man hours your guys had on the job on some of your videos like this. I know rates very across the country. Could help homeowners
Good vid. Please create review vid of the Ford and Ram plow trucks that you purchased last year after the fist plow season.
Stanley, did you know that Rotobec just partnered with Cotontop3 to produce a grapple that goes in place of a mini excavator bucket and is fully hydraulicly controlled. The grapple is overengineered whilst being amazingly lightweight with a rating of 25k of capacity. Check his channel for details.
I'll check it out but I love my hydra grapple by CMP.
I hope the city paid you for the repair....
Not sure, there are allot of places the city ends at the street. You own the tap and any problems that arise.
In Minnesota those taps are ten feet deep and in the winter they ( Hand Dig) with a jack hammer to get to them.
I was a underground utility locator in the Cities for 20 years. I have seen it all.
I lost my water line twice. I live in the country to a well. 150 feet run.
Of course it was February both times.
1st time we fixed it. Dug it up in the middle of the drive way. My Brother in law is a plumber.
He showed me the line he cut out. Old cast iron pipe. " This wont be the last time."
Better replace it in the spring.
So I did not... Three years later. ten feet away from the previous repair. Off the drive way.
Again in February my plow truck takes a nose dive into a wet spot.
My wife " Brandon said you needed to replace that line." D'oh...
We milked it until spring. Turned the water off. Turn it on once day. Do what we had to do. turned it back off.
Cost us every appliance that had water to it. It vacuumed in dirt and plugged them all up.
Water softer, water heaters, washer, dish washer. all of them.
Had a buddy bore a new line to the well house in May.
I had to wait until they were in between jobs. Guys I know cost me three cases of beer.
I purchased all the pipe and insulation and connections.
And all my appliances.
Those guys were awesome. They hit a three inch hole in the well man hole dead center. From across the yard.
My Brother in Law made all the connections. Paid him with a beef cow.
Of course, guess who gets called to do free locates. " We have a gas line to a grill we cant find. Or a Power line to a out building.
Fair enough..
Its probably considered an easement, It yours but use at your own risk and don't expect anything to be permanent
so many comments on using a tool instead of the block why screw around with a tool? Now you need power or batteries and to make sure the tool doesn’t walk off. When you use the block it self that is perfect. You always have the tool, it never wares out and no one wants to steel the block like they steel tools. Unless your afraid of the 80 pounds I have no idea what wrong with just using the block. Less crap to drag to to job site. You can tell by the care you take your jobs and this repair is made to last a long time.
I’m beginning to think I’m watching an old Keystone cops film
Did the city pay for the repairs or was the homeowner forced to shill out?
Stan just curious, I have a 80 foot solid concrete retaining wall that has been blown out on the one end. is that fixable or do you recommend replacing the whole thing to maintain any structural integrity?
So the geo grid is there to not allow dirt to flow in between the blocks when it's raining?
I’m going to start on my own retaining wall soon and it will be along my property line. Is there a way to add a vinyl fence along the wall?
What do you think about Safety?
How much per sq ft does versa lok walls cost now? It cost $32 in your video 5 years ago.
Whyd you have to buy new blocks
Probably because the city did the removal and the city didn't care about the wall and probably destroyed them pulling them out or threw them away
Stan I had a retaining wall put up a few years ago and I would appreciate your thoughts. Two 4' walls 5' apart. They didn't use geogrid. It is Menards hallow blocks, rebar ran down the middle and then they were all filled with concrete. I wish I would have done more research before listening to the A-hole contractor that did the work. So far it's been solid, do you think it will last?
Seems like the city or insurance were paying extra cuz you guys were toying with it like if it was made out of sugar...
what go pro camera handle device does you guys use
angle grinder with steel brush
Matt Mulcahy why screw around with a tool? Now you need power or batteries and to make sure the tool doesn’t walk off. When you use the block it self that is perfect. You always have the tool, it never wares out and no one wants to steel the block like they steel tools. Unless your afraid of the 80 pounds I have no idea what wrong with just using the block.
Good info 👍
What's nice of them just to drive straight through it
Hey let's wreak a perfectly good retaining wall, because we are too lazy to dig by hand to fix the problem.
What brand of block do you use ?
Why don't you use geo-fabric between the dirt and rock or even the back of the wall?
I probably shouldn't answer since I am a DIY, but if I understand your question, geo-fabric would impede the flow of water, thus increasing hydro-static pressure on the wall. These blocks were designed to have almost no hydro-static pressure via the use of 1)drainage aggregate, 2) the bottom drain in the wall you may have seen at the beginning of the video, 3) french drain pipe that we didn't see but is connected to the aforementioned drain, 3) and by allowing water to weep through the block.
@@Around_The_Home the fabric does get clogged eventually. Gravel and soils don't usually migrate horizontally so it shouldn't even be much of an issue
nice
Can yiu use 3/4 MINUS
Glad it you doing it. And not me
Can you please tell me what your average price is per sq . ft . for non engineered retaining wall installation using the versa lok standard units ? I just want an idea so I don't get burned like I did once a few months ago but stay somewhat competetive on pricing .
You must not like my question ?
why can't you use old block?
where are you located and how do i reach out to you??
Then send the bill to the city :)
a piece of dirt will throw off the level of the wall? yeah probably not. but maybe a rock will. a piece of dirt is small..
You said those blocks weigh 83 lbs each? Really? No way!??!
Per the Versa-Lok Design and Installation Guidelines (page 4) for their Standard Units (which is the type of block shown in the video), each block weighs 82 lbs.
Chisel that was a prybar lol
That geo grid looks a lot like mechanical stability. Is this an advertisement?
Wares tim??
bidding and estimating
Stanley, You ever try a coarse wire wheel on an angle grinder to remove the glue?
You ever try to pull your head out of your ass dickhead?
@@burkhardt7372take it easy brother
That glue (if its the same pl premiem we use on block) is crazy ! A wire wheel is a good thought but it wouldn't likely work. Best way is chisel
Cities are fantastic at destroying everything but NEVER fix what they destroy. It's ridiculous they are allowed to destroy everything and NOT have to repair them back to like conditions.
The town I live in put in a sewer and dug across the Methodist Church entrance drive which had been asphalted. It was over 9 months before they really fixed it.
Most, if not all government localities have immunity from doing their job. If they didn't, there would be a permanent state of lawsuits. Believe me, people love to sue.
shopvac!
The repair company could have either hand dug that or use a mini excavator to expose the pipe without wrecking the wall.
hudsonhawk 001 it’s the towns property that the homeowner built a wall on. The town can do as they please and if the owner wants the wall fixed it’s on them
@@Beandiptheredneck So they built the wall on the easement?
hudsonhawk 001 most towns own so many feet from the road and it’s normally past the sidewalk, if that’s the case here the owner built a wall on the towns property and therefore the town isn’t responsible to fix the wall or even take any care not to damage it
In our town easements can be used for just about anything but “permanent building foundations”. But, you better believe if your shed is on one, or your expensive near-extinct transplanted redwoods, or your unilock paver Ferrari pad, they’re tearing it up if they need to. It’s all in the code.
@@Beandiptheredneck You are correct. Where I live, the town owns, on average, 12 to 15 feet from the edge of the (town owned) street to the homeowner's front property line. If you live on a private street, or a HOA maintained street, the rules are different.
those guys should joint the uion thye get payed 30-50 hr
Had a simlar happen to a neighbors place- He finally did what we did 15 yrs earlier when moved in..Had used Concrete and Steel Beams like a 4ft High Foundation.. It was doen in less than 6 hrs and alot less work and will last alot longer and had to Plumbing Redone the Right Way..And if that is City Easment? Don't even bother doing it..move your Retaining Foundation wall Up Higher onto your Land.. And Please Shave will you..
Are you being a dick? I cant tell... if you are your not doing a very good job. And if not, you should know you sound kinda bitchy
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Be alright too get some videos without a word spoken just beats
You don't count Stan! Lol... Did you see the accident?
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LOL- love this! comment back at ya.
@@Dirtmonkey ya at back comment. LOL
That's a lot of struggling for sub par work. There are for more efficient and effective ways to do repairs like this. You need to pin that Geo grid into the wall higher up. And I am not sure why your not using soil seperater especially since it's a weeping wall. 57s are the best back fill material. Even tho it was pinned it still needs gator bond. It's a straight wall not curved so the water is going to build up static pressure behind it causing movement. Since no adhesive was used and the Geo grid wasn't properly installed this wall will have to be repaired again in a few years.
Pretty much everything you just said about a retaining wall is false except for using 57 stone- which is just another name for what we used. otherwise NEVER use a soil seperaration fabric UNLESS the wall will be underneath the high water table. Thats the one and only time you use fabric vertically to wrap the rock. You WANT the water to weep freely through the wall. NEVER use adhesive to glue a wall together unless its the CAPS or corners. Adhesive can impede drainage. they make the pins for a reason. Thats whu we use them. nuff said- go judge someone else's work from your couch.
Ya we've never glued anything but caps
YOU SHOULD HAVE PLACED CORRUGATED PLASTIC PIPE FOR DRAINAGE FIRST AT THE BOTTOM.
Its in their
I think it would’ve been better without your “narration” it sounds like you’re reading off a paper
A lot of us don't fully understand what's going on and he helps better understand what they are doing and why they are doing it. There are a lot of times where just watching someone doesn't explain the little things they do that are truely critical to a timely, professional job.
Stan, Something has changed in these last few videos where you sound like a news reporter. All the fun/ excitement is gone from your voice and it sounds like you are reading from a teleprompter. Cold and clinical.
OK- I'll work on that.