Wall Mart

Because so much of the small patch of backyard needed to be removed to get on grade with the addition, we needed a plan for building a small retaining wall along the north side of the property. (Currently, that neighboring lot is a semi-utilized gravel parking lot but someday could be developed into something else.) Another ornamental fence (like the one I installed on the south border of the property) will go on top of it.

Pete and the fellows got a start on this in the last few days. They dug out for the footings at the end of last week and the footings were poured last Thursday or Friday. Today, they dug out for a drainage line to tie into my current gutter discharge line. Here are a couple of shots of that work.

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Update on Tuesday April 21:
In spite of a late afternoon shower that halted things for a bit, the crew rather quickly got the retaining wall built, and as I write, they're putting the caps on it to top it off. These shots are from mid-day.


By the end of the day, they'd placed the caps on top and it's ready for final mortaring and a stucco coat to dress it up nice.