Rataining Wall Repair 101

Well, we finally resolved our retaining wall problem, hooray! This wall has been worrying us for several years now with the fear of it falling and has only been getting worse with each passing year - the New England winters have been taking it's toll. However, the estimates we received to have the wall fixed by professional masons were simply too expensive.

Sooooo, we decided to fix it on our own, well, my neighbor and I - and we're not even Italian go figure. We took last Friday (10/24) off of work (our real jobs) and had at it. We dug out the dirt behind the bad area, used the plow (pictured) and a Ford F350 to push and straighten the wall, secured it as best we could then back filled with 1 yard of 3/4 crushed stone. We topped off it all off with some of the dirt we removed and filled the gaps in front with smaller stones - TA DA!!

It certainly isn't the prettiest wall I've seen but it'll do for now and from a safety concern we can sleep easier now.

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