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29 Comments
The Olympic achievement music at 4:00. Haha
Fantastic information here. Thank you!
This guy is a good teacher. Explains well and has a good voice.👍🏼
what's the best fabric for boulder walls? where to buy it in Minnesota? thanks!
What about a creek bank that’s approx 10-15 feet high at a 45 degree angle. The erosion is to a critical point. Help
Brilliant!! I learned a lot from this video
Wow ☺️ 🧠
Boulder retaining walls ..no one puts any type of drainage behind em. OR put any tie back's to secure.
Hold them 🤷♂️🤷♂️🥺🥴
Sadly, it seems you make a point to insult people from Poland for a laugh. Why?
I'd advise you to consider this video as a first off, pre-edit. Good material, sub-par presention.
why are you shouting at me like im deaf? other than that, one smart polock
I know nothing but seems like the failed contractors are thinking that putting the large face out it creates an angle that helps gravity push into the back soil. Wrong of course but seems to make sense for a mind missing important information
better if theres a live video on making retaining wall and we can do that
dont get near that retaining wall.
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Gravity
Chipmunks!!!!
Hey mr do you only do retaining walls ????
Thanks, for sure, for sharing your expertise. There's more happiness in giving than receiving says the second most knowledgeable person in the universe. Have a great day
Thank you for this information. I believe I have a failing rockery wall along our driveway. Sigh,…the soil between the boulders has eroded away extensively. Now…to get an estimate to fix it…likely not to be a cheap project, 🙁
It kills me to see these retaining walls not last 20 years. Yet the Romans built walls that are still standing several thousand years later. Unbelievable.
https://youtu.be/X4gpdba_hRc
Great to revisit this video and go over the simple reason behind failure points and the cause of failure.
So if you have a large boulder, with say 6ft by 3ft by 3ft sides, a cheap contractor would create the wall face using the 6ft side and leave 3ft for depth. So I suppose now the rock only offers about half the friction strength plus the pressure from the soil and water has double the surface area to push on (ie pushes on 6ft by 3ft area instead of 3ft by 3ft).
Very interesting stuff! Thanks
Semper Fi
I heard Victory Style at 3.46…
Hi my 18 inch high retaining wall is not doing well.. high clay content in soil and filter fabric so soil is falling into parallel driveway – they did not put drainage in – I need to have it redone – also neighbour has high hedge on boundary behind ( 2 -3 ft higher than my property) Contractor only put in one row of boulders at 18 inch high …maybe I double height of wall by putting extra row of boulders ..but first put gravel drainage – would about 4 – 6 in deep be ok … input please? am I on right track? the videos help a lot…
Skinny boulder… fat boulder…. I get it now. 😄
I bought a house in a condominium and they did a retaining wall. That looks horrible and feels so dangerous. I just posted a video there, you guys can take a look and give me your opinion.
I wonder if its supposed to be like that, not the uglier side of it. I mean structurally.
Have a great day. Thanks.
I know I am several years late but, in the midst of much good information pertinent to an immediate job of mine…I loved the intermission. Semper Fidelis!