Building a retaining wall with the heaviest blocks in the universe!

In this episode we at least get something built...even if it is with the heaviest blocks on planet Earth!
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[@reggiedixon2]

Regarding the cost of total demolition and rebuild. The crucial factor for me when I was in this position is - what price do you put on proper, modern foundations and properly constructed external walls? When the original foundations came up they were dismal.

[@leeedwards9994]

yay great to see progress ....

[@MMG_MoonManGuitar]

Solid grafting Adam!!

[@kevinhackett2449]

Excellent as always

[@mrabuilders6723]

Thank you, Kevin.

[@daibolical8532]

Great stuff Mr A, brilliant to watch retaining walls being built not so much fun actually building them lol, good job mate 💪🏻

[@walesdad]

That's a mother of a retaining wall, good luck with the job.

[@moodyga40]

love the big one

[@lazylad8544]

Proper job with that wall. Be up when we are all gone.👍👍

[@stu9070]

Great stuff 👌☝️👍

[@mrabuilders6723]

Cheers man, hope you enjoy it.

[@TheNorthernmunky]

Awesome work gents. Need long video please (coz I’m a greedy bastard) and they’re very entertaining too of course - love it 👍🏼👌🏼

[@s3an175]

Great to see something going in, must feel great after all the waiting and preparation. Could you recommend a semi-realistic structural engineer / surveyor? Our’s suddenly seems to have a fascination in supporting skyscraper’s. Hope you all have a great week next week 👍🏻

[@rossdiggle]

Shame the other neighbours are being "hesitant". Hope they pick up soon.

[@mrabuilders6723]

I can't go into too much detail, Ross, but it's not the neighbours fault! Hopefully soon I'll be able to clear everything up and explain everything. Sorry mate.

[@m0aze611]

Great to see you making progress at last, this will be a memorable one to tell your grandchildren. What confidence you guys must instil with your clients knowing the level of detail and the thoroughness of your work - just great. Escalating costs too. As usual thanks for posting - keep safe regards Mike. 👍🏻

[@mrabuilders6723]

Hello Mike, yes I can definitely see myself boring the grandchildren to sleep with stories from this one! Haha! Hope you're well mate.

[@leehaslam5871]

Cracking stuff as ever, Didn't get me mug though. Can't wait for the roof to be done.

[@mrabuilders6723]

Haha! One day Lee, if you're a good boy, you'll get a mug! Cheers man!

[@eddieMurphy11111]

it looks like a job well done to retain that soil ,and i wish somebody could replace my back and neck i broke them many years ago and then got the spine filled with oil based dye to give me xrays and ruined me for ever . thanks for the video

[@w.o.o.d.y]

Positive progress. Excellent !! Nice one guys, starting to work it all out now.

[@mrabuilders6723]

Cheers Woody. Hope you're having a great weekend mate.

[@SB-cd9vo]

Brilliant job - you were flying! Is that the retaining wall the was wet and crumbly? (maybe I should watch the rest!)

[@optic1972]

Loving the videos and more importantly I can see bucket loads of dust being created...the missus is once again primed and ready to rock 'n' roll!! Do you reckon its too early for a feather duster?

[@bricklayersworldwithandy6277]

Retainer looks good, can't believe you cant get 8mill rebar. 👍👍👌

[@ElemennoP]

..proper job..👍

[@keithhoughton2658]

Nice job as always lads soon be on the good stuff (joinery).

[@mrabuilders6723]

We long for that day, Keith! Hope you're well mate.

[@keithhoughton2658]

@@mrabuilders6723 aye pal working all weekend to get a bathroom finished. The things we do for a happy customer.

[@willlister9825]

Are the grooves in the blocks for rebar? Always thought they were to aid cutting them!!! 😲

[@markmaddison5312]

Yes😀🍺

[@samsungcrossland2036]

Making progress slowly 🐌 October forecast another heat wave 👋 so fingers crossed 🤞 it will be full steam ahead and things start moving 👍

[@gavinmumford4723]

Great channel. Did a structural engineer have to design this retaining wall?

[@peterthebricky]

Dead right about the weight of the blocks 25 years ago I layed similar in Germany they had interlocking ends and we dipped them in thin joint so easier to lay, I'd want to two them now and I wouldn't walk along the top of the wall filling it using the concrete hopper as my handrail oh to be 36 again

[@MelbourneAlan]

its always a good day when you stop going backwards and can start going forward. 1 wall built at least. if you can at least get the sub floor in and be up out of the muck you will be laughing. i would like to see a little video on that software and what it is like to set up and use for a job. even a fake job . whats its limitations etc

[@mrabuilders6723]

Hi Alan hope your well mate. I can certainly sort that out for you. I’ll get I Contact with our company liaison and see what we can do. What would you like to see? A stand alone video?

[@MelbourneAlan]

@@mrabuilders6723 i would like to see what its like to set up from day one. setting up customers, business info etc. then using it for each stage of the job . their website doesnt show any of this. stand alone vid probably best. i often see channels being sponsered by software like this but not showing how it actually works

[@davidjohnson8382]

Just scrolling through KZbin and seen your face lol how you doing old pal been many years since we worked together its Dave hope your well Adam and nice to see you stuck to the building trade. Happy new year buddy 👍

[@mrabuilders6723]

Hello Dave! This is a blast from the past! How are you mate? You still in the trade? Happy new year to you too mate.

[@davidjohnson8382]

@@mrabuilders6723 no mate not anymore my back has had it buddy nice to see your still at it buddy. As always still doing a cracking job keep it up 👍

[@mrabuilders6723]

@davidjohnson8382 ah sorry to hear that mate, what are you doing now then?

[@davidjohnson8382]

@@mrabuilders6723 I just work from home now buddy just making fishing gear for people it's not great but it gets us by my health is not good all down to years of laying bricks and blocks lol

[@LTFC1964]

Top tip……get someone else to do it 😂😂😂😂😂 Excellent vid once again. What is the dispute that is going on?

[@mrabuilders6723]

Haha! Cheers man! I can't really go into it at the moment pal, hopefully soon I'll be able to. Hope you're well mate.

[@LTFC1964]

@@mrabuilders6723 okey dokee…..fully understand 👍

[@deadwest3492]

I would call this the Great Escape...such as life leads the Great to adversity

[@TheLeeattwood]

The owner must really want to live there😂

[@alexharvey7102]

Think it needs to be nearer those trees😅

[@mrabuilders6723]

Haha! Don't you start!!!

[@relobmit]

There are 3 types of retaining walls: 1. Retaining walls that have fallen down, 2. Retaining walls that are falling down, and, 3. Retaining walls that have not started to fall down, but will fall down some time in the future!

[@davidwarnes5158]

I'm surprised that You did not cut or lay some of the buttress blocks into the wall block's ie a joint, as you only have bar layed on the joint, and not bent over into a u shape so you have both directions of movement covered, I have done walls and swimming pools with block and rebar , it's not just the weight of what you put behind that wall, it's all the garden over time that will spread that weight into that wall, a cage and boards would have been stronger and you don't have buttraces on the side there force will be pushed in, This is worth a rethink, that wall will fail im sure , winter is on its way

[@richardbrice6535]

@davidwarnes5158 I'm no builder, but I too thought it strange that the pillars wall weren't tied into the wall.

[@davidwarnes5158]

@@richardbrice6535 those blocks are heavy and get filled with concrete . But the blocks have no strength, they will fail. It should have been a wall of pure reinforced concrete , boarded up with a grid of steel cage . This way the movement will firstly crack all the render . In the outline of the blocks ,

[@eddo167]

75mm clay board might help to avoid the load on to the rear face but!

[@davidwarnes5158]

@@eddo167 75mm board isn't structural , ?

[@deet1558]

Your the 1st English lad I’ve seen to build cavity’s

[@mrabuilders6723]

Hello deet, hope you're well. Where are you from then?

[@deet1558]

Ireland

[@fintan3563]

I have a dreadful feeling this job won’t end well. 😫😫😫

[@roobear78]

was wondering why the wall serveyor was being so extreme until few minutes later when you mentioned boundry dispute,honsetly the uk gets more and more like the usa everyday,lawsuit galore

[@villaman2261]

Down our way that house would be pulled over and build new . In fact Harry Redknapp has just pulled down his 4 million pound house to build a new one down by us

[@dankelly4976]

Nice one thundercunt

[@user-mf3mw2in9n]

I don't really understand how disputes work... if you get planning permission, isn't that the end of it? Assuming of course there's no alterations after the fact. But then surely resubmission of planning permission would be required anyway, I would have thought.

[@john_smith1471]

I think the issue might be partly the drawn measurements provided do not fit onto the piece of land at the back as mentioned in an earlier video, also same neighbours garden wall is only one stretcher brick deep leaving it vulnerable if adjacent soil is dug out.

[@user-mf3mw2in9n]

Interesting, I must have missed mention of that before. Thanks for the explanation o/@@john_smith1471

[@davideyres955]

There are rules to adhere to with regard to party wall act. Even if you have planning permission damage to other property is not covered by that and it’s a long process to try and get all the agreement and avoid disputes.

[@john_smith1471]

@@davideyres955 There is no party wall, detached house.

[@user-mf3mw2in9n]

Tyvm, very helpful!@@davideyres955

[@sirrichardrichard5655]

Pity it was the straw that broke the camels back...ho hum

[@jazzsworldofwonder8649]

Has this build fell through??????

[@mrabuilders6723]

Haha! Yeah!!! There's a video out this afternoon explaining why! Merry Christmas mate.

[@leefairhurst9058]

Why haven't you followed the boundary line

[@CarlosAlberto-ii1li]

How heavy are the heaviest blocks in the universe then.

[@mrabuilders6723]

Very!

[@petewood5097]

I’ve layed 9” solid blocks, now they were bloody heavy

[@Fromthedronetothescreen]

Adam Think you need an haircut 😂

[@markmaddison5312]

If you think that they are heavy then you have not been out into the real world yet

[@mrabuilders6723]

Haha! Ok big man, I'll try and get there for you. All the best.

[@markmaddison5312]

@@mrabuilders6723 thank you very much go to Germany and find out how heavy and big some the blocks are, lifted with a small crane , that helps a little bit 😀,but seriously those blocks are just bloody awkward to lay in any situation, keep smiling

[@PROPHETS-BAIN]

That wall won't retain fk all, even filled with concrete, with rebar

[@texasproud3332]

Sounds like issues on both sides bye the neighbors what happened to being a pleasant neighbor

[@mrabuilders6723]

In all honesty mate it's not the neighbours fault, not entirely anyway. Hopefully soon I'll be able to clear everything up. Thank you for watching mate.

[@siaddersl2936]

Hope that wall isn't RAAC🤭 Every time I watch this house i keep seeing pound signs £££

[@JasonHolmes-uy8xq]

The pillars are not built in to wall wheres strenth no wonder lost job

[@mrabuilders6723]

Good morning Jason. Might I suggest you watch it again and pay attention this time to the steel that goes in as well. Have a good day

[@villaman2261]

Way over engineered imo

[@mrabuilders6723]

Do you think so? There are a few people on here saying that it'll fail! What do you think?

[@phill3144]

I don't doubt your abilities lads, dont listen to the keyboard warriors

[@davidrussell8689]

Over engineered ? These days it’s what people say when something is well done 😂