When The Wall Fell

Our concrete subcontractors have done demolition on the wall and made some great progress. After excavating the soil from one side of the yard and piling it up on the other, they dug a trench - by hand - through several feet of solid bedrock. It's in this trench that they'll pour the concrete footing for the new retaining wall. Shown here is the rebar they've laid in the trench, to reinforce the concrete that will surround it.

Apparently pouring the footing only takes a day or two, and building the wall itself will only take a day or two after that. They've divided the work into two phases, so that they can fit all of the excavated soil in our yard. We are saving tons of money by not hauling it off-site, and having to haul new soil back in. After they finish the east wall and a 15' section of the north wall, they will repeat this process for the remainder of the north wall.