How to build a retaining wall up hill

How to build a retaining wall up hill - This customer's front yard had a small failing retaining wall and the grade was a steep slope. We built a taller retaining wall with Techo-Bloc semma and graded the slope. The wall has several step ups to match the grade.

[@mattcowdisease1346]

these type of things blow my mind. 200 years people wouldn't comprehend that we can just watch engineering like this while eating our donuts in the morning. Great work.

[@kushpaladin]

great, now i have to go out and buy donuts because you reminded me i haven't had any in a while

[@jerryriley1645]

😅😅😅😅😅😅​@@kushpaladin

[@WoodyWoodworker]

If everyone would do construction work like this in the US, there would be much less problems. Great work.

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you and I agree!

[@debbievogt9881]

Let's face it, the 3 foot wall gives the yard the correct pitch away from the house. Great job guys and thanks for taking us through the steps involved

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you

[@markorkarenhanes1354]

Nice work gentlemen. It's hard to find skilled craftsmen in this day and age.

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you, I appreciate it

[@ronnygraves6380]

Beautiful job! Always nice watching competent professionals at work

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you

[@abhis568]

This show case wall will break after a few months or after rain

[@redrufus444]

Shout out to who ever did the paving., this is a outstanding job all around..!!

[@Shawn-wt4kh]

I feel like these yards are always difficult to landscape in a way that appeals to me, personally. But you guys did a solid, professional job as always, and it looks great.

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you

[@abhis568]

This show case wall will break after a few months or after rain

[@dylanskrzypek5397]

@@abhis568 Source?

[@shannonfrey7242]

@@abhis568you keep saying that yet my hubby and brother did a crappy job quickly umm 10 years ago and it’s still standing but I’m getting ready to do adjournment and fixing so if it’s going to fall please explain how or 🤐

[@truthserum5202]

Nice looking retaining wall and the regrading was huge. Well done.

[@starjared12345]

Best thing to ever happen to that house. Looks great.

[@cozm0859]

I landscaped during the summers in college. It’s hard but very rewarding work! I always liked the before and after pictures of a week long job! Nice work guys!

[@srmcontracting]

Thanks !

[@AllAccessConstruction]

Man, we've done thousands of square feet of these block walls don't miss them at all..😂😂 That being said you guys did an excellent job...💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@srmcontracting]

Thanks I appreciate that! I've seen your some of your videos, its great content. Looks like you do a lot of large scale projects.

[@danieldennis6313]

It's always a blessing to work on solid ground, like your Delaware River area. Down in New Orleans area, where the earth more fluid or isn't so solid, we usually pile down anchors at minumum a couple feet, especially on the ends and cornersand make sure everything stay put overthe years.

[@dcwshoreline5416]

nice project! Always appreciate you explaining how you do these projects. Learning lots from you Sean

[@srmcontracting]

Awesome, thank you!

[@josejatar94]

Hi. Its recommended to use geotextile sheet fabric to separe the gravel from the ground material. That guarantees a clean gravel all over the time.

[@incyphe]

What a premium job. Amazing. Wish more folks like you are in the business all over the country.

[@fintan3563]

Beautiful work! Professional job! 🏆🏆🏆 PS - It would be great if the neighbor hired you to continue the wall on his side.

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you

[@MrBill99]

great job! my only suggestion would be to use solid abs or schedule C perforated pipe which moves water much better an doesn't get crushed.

[@lifewithjesse_la]

This

[@gordd7348]

Very nice job. The only thing you missed was adding a drain cap on the pipe coming out from the wall to prevent debris and animals from entering the pipe. It also gives it a nice finished look.

[@insertphrasehere15]

Yeah... honestly, that drain pipe is the biggest fail in my opinion. Should have been further over to the corner, so as to drain onto the edge of the driveway and out into the street gutter. Even better would be to run it under the sidewalk to the street. When it rains all the water from that lawn is going straight out of that pipe. Who wants to walk across that sidewalk with a deluge of water pouring out of that drain? It's all going to end up pouring across the grass on the other side.

[@cryptopoops]

@@insertphrasehere15My thoughts exactly

[@jules9094]

@@insertphrasehere15*improvement opportunity 😂

[@Hollywood5453]

1. Quality work fellas 2. Just added lots of value 3. Night and day diff 4. 4’ would have been an eyesore …. Retaining walls can be such a great addition as clearly shown here

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you

[@blakebodaciousFTW]

I’m so glad the customers paid y’all to take the yard down a little it looks so much nicer. Hell of a job y’all did great job.

[@srmcontracting]

Thanks 👍

[@williamlloyd3769]

Very nice job, but neighbor should have considered replacing those 6x6 wooden posts with a step down wall as it would have given their house a very clean / classy look compared to having that failing wooden structure.

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you, I agree, we tried to sell them on it but they declined.

[@JustaKarenDiscoveredTheIntrnet]

the wood matches there brown colors and neutral tones of their house

[@vg4902]

Great work! I don't understand why that property is the only one with such a high front lawn.

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you, there's a few homes on the street with similar elevation. They think when the older homes were built the builder just piled the dirt up on the other empty lots.

[@WhatAWonderfulNameItIs]

I wondered the same thing!

[@thomassosa2957]

If the developer way like my neighborhood’s developer, then it’s definitely the “extra fill” piles

[@billyszigety5692]

Mud flood

[@Docstantinople]

That was the style back in the day when that home was built.

[@craigschaffer828]

Love that wall and the re-grade of the yard!

[@adb1950]

The house looks so much better and its a much better use of the space. Great job.

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you

[@nasha952]

Wow. Great job man. Came out really good. That homes value just went up ⬆️ 💴 thank for sharing your work man and in the process revealing some of your tricks. God bless you brother.

[@mattmcrae1458]

My stepdad told me - If you want a flat yard, buy a home with a flat yard. One of the most expensive things you could ever do is have a yard leveled.

[@paulabennett3069]

The home has great curb appeal now; great work!

[@srmcontracting]

Thanks!

[@rnvrnv354]

Yeah, the wood should go! I am suprised that the next door neighbor didn't join in on the project for a few dollars while they watched your magnificent engineering take place!

[@myklnelson]

incredibly impressive quick work for just two people. heavy machinery, sure, but still a lot of precision effort here very nice

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you 👍

[@mattkeller2466]

totally blown away by the finished product. that's truly impressive. lots of hacks on youtube etc but this has all the marks of a really professional job.

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you, I appreciate it!

[@federiconalos8202]

Very impressive workmanship that is a pleasure to watch from beginning to end. Your attention to detail makes the best and most beautiful wall for your customer.

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you, I really appreciate it

[@pancakeninja445]

Awesome quality work look fantastic!! Adds so much value to the property and street appeal.

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you! I agree it made a big difference.

[@nofurtherwest3474]

how do you mow it though - what if you fall over the wall

[@robertm5969]

​@@nofurtherwest3474can put in mulch and decorative plants near the edge

[@newbinhell3043]

​@@nofurtherwest3474it's much easier to mow now. It's such a small area to mow, that a push mower wouldn't be a problem. So you really shouldn't be worried about falling off of it.

[@zhli4238]

That's just beautiful. You even put French drain pipes in. Now neighbor needs the same built.

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you

[@steveartinger966]

Great looking outcome. Looks absolutely perfect. Good job

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you

[@philoyphilia]

Art at its finest! Impressive job, guys.

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you!

[@jasonbreding7905]

Just amazing !! I wish you could come to Des Moines and do this exact same project at our home !

[@srmcontracting]

Thanks!

[@iowawoman78]

Same!

[@A-HotSauce]

Looks awesome, nice work guys. A City guy who has had to build many retaining walls mostly out of 6X6 beams with crew of two lol

[@h8sboy584]

I wonder how much a job like this costs, the work looks amazing!

[@carlosduque1917]

Beautiful work!

[@anthony5227]

Amazing work. Y’all make ease of some pretty difficult projects.

[@falconseyeaerialservicesll8176]

The best part of your wonderful job, is how you come about an inch or so off of both of your inside corners of your top 2 cover stone on the each corner, total of 4, for a great miter cut. Love those miter cut top stones, looks sharp and complete the apparent look of the finished product. Great Job!

[@josephrottina1901]

Turned out awesome brother.👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@srmcontracting]

Thanks 👍

[@seanslawns]

This was cool man, thanks for sharing this. It’s something new and cool.

[@EDBZ28]

Great video. What an amazing improvement for the property. I always wondered how retaining walls were laid...I was always under the assumption you'd have to tie it into the hillside somehow so the wall wouldn't heave and buckle...the barrier of wash stone and drain tile behind the wall must be the secret, in that it keeps it dry behind the wall to aid in frost prevention and or water-logged soil pushing against the wall? Back-breaking work you guys do...my friend is my age (45) and does this for a living...Idk how he still does it. My back slumped over all day lifting heavy block couldn't take it!

[@luiscardenas4150]

I installs paver and the method I used to have a level ground is the same one you did with the pipe. I do plenty of retaining walls as well but never thought of using the same method I use to install pavers to install pavers. I’m going to try it next time I install a retaining wall

[@samuelhenry9959]

Looking good for the house and neighborhood 😊

[@marnaudgarden]

Amazing transformation 👏🏽 well done. Keep up the great work. Thanks for sharing this video 💚🌿

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you! Will do!

[@j.g.7054]

Fantastic work! realy beautiful wall! Thank you for sharing with us!

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you very much!

[@stuartkorte1642]

Perfect balance and you have a great place to sit. 👍

[@user-jp4gx4zw3h]

Absolutely an amazing job, I can't give you 5 stars because it would be unfair you deserve 100. Great work

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you!

[@theimprovementsguy8871]

Looks cool. Drain cloth over the drain pipe would help with potential clogging

[@rosew.w9513]

Wow! You guys did an excellent job! Impressive! ❤❤❤

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you so much!

[@ncooty]

Solid job. Looks really nice; I like that block.

[@MRosati5000]

I live right behind that little green house right on the river. Good job . I like the music.

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you, it's a small world!

[@nikkimorrison8115]

Looks amazing great job guys!

[@user-iz5qg5so6l]

The "after" looks so nice!

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you

[@shannonfrey7242]

Thanks for some more tips and also short cuts, I’m not using our big boy toys. Getting ready to order bricks. Yet thinking even doing 3 foot wall might use geo only because I want to redo steps there that go down in between that and down grade slope lawn which eventually will have shallow wall and a planting area curve to quarter wall down drive way.

[@srmcontracting]

Glad it was helpful! Adding Geogrid is always a good idea

[@accepit-it4473]

Awesome work and explained very well keep making videos like this I’ll keep watching!

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you!

[@donniefair]

Cleanest construction site I’ve ever seen!

[@MoroMoro1]

The wall really does look amazing. Nice work!

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you

[@aaaaaa67a]

You guys do excellent work The wall looks beautiful. I only have one thing to say drain cover

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you

[@freedomm323]

I really like that system with the gas line pieces to get a lvl surface, its simple and effective...darn good stuff

[@michigangrandma3452]

Amazing workmanship.

[@Johennessy]

Amazing, this wall will outstay this house for centuries.

[@executivesteps]

Not likely.

[@andrewfreeman88]

Finish job was nice, but you nicked up the existing sidewalk pretty good with the jackhammer blade. I would at least laid in a thin stiff board and filled in those gaps well.

[@jbonegw]

Looks great. Now they need the city to come along and replace the sidewalk to match. 😄

[@apdj94]

This looks 100x better and now my landscaper brain is running wild with how they could design that space where the lawn used to be

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you

[@bcatbb2896]

Wow that looks amazing, what a transformation The value of that property just jumped by atleast 40k if sold on the market

[@Omalley600rr]

Great video! nice job clean work

[@backatcha00]

Looks amazing, great work.

[@irvingcobb4395]

Nice work Excellent craftsmanship

[@ContentBanyanTree-dq4zl]

Looks great. I will have to do it here in Georgia. But, they try to cheap and bet you down here.

[@mikelopapa8139]

This is absolutely beautiful. I need one of these.

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you

[@ChristopherTrott]

Nicely cleaned up that front area

[@xjcrossx]

That looks amazing! Now come to Indiana and do mine at the apartment complex I manage!

[@Bluecollarspartan92]

Love seeing the quality craftsmanship.

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you

[@bdub8522]

Awesome! I don’t have or need a retaining wall, but I really want one just like this put in.😂

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you

[@gailbader8149]

What a great job! Looks wonderful...

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you

[@clear_thinker_]

That was a load of work! But the results are fantastic. Well played lads.

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you

[@jameswells3245]

I just love this type of work, great job.

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you

[@coffeepot3123]

Beautiful neighborhood!.

[@DanteBalenciago3]

Really good job with the leveling looks really good.

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you

[@brianishmael2290]

Good ole sima wall blocks, personally i like them better than most of the other wall blocks.

[@srmcontracting]

I agree, they are well made and look great!

[@denmasterben2348]

that wall looks amazing!

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you

[@maggiemagennis3507]

Excellent job!

[@NegronJL1]

Job, well done! Looks great!!!!

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you

[@shittygitty71]

Looks great. At the end of your videos, do some before/afters

[@debbiewedoe2564]

Looks great. What an improvement 🌞

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you 👍

[@gooondie]

Beautiful work guys

[@donaldoyler2092]

What a nice transformation

[@mike82y]

how much does a project like this cost? just a rough idea

[@LukasEragon]

+1 to this question

[@Drew_peaballs_128]

Excellent job guys! Good work On digging and dumping strait into the tipper trailer Wish we had the tipper trailers that size here End result was great

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you, Cheers!

[@hillbillywes100]

Looks Great!

[@rxlo1015]

Outstanding job, it looks fantastic. 👍

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you

[@mariafurenapaulino8326]

This is exactly how my house is, my retaining wall is on the side of the driveway, would love if you guys worked in NYS

[@jeffdieringer1]

Outstanding job gentlemen

[@edithah2374]

Fr uk. I enjoyed watching your video. Very neat tidy strong looking! I really love it!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️you are truly professional. I wish you can do mine. My garden is slightly sloped too. 12 out of 10 . God bless you all 🙏🙏🙏

[@tactical_pat6449]

That looks really nice.

[@supplyequalsdemand2739]

That ended up looking really nice.

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you

[@coolbeanzs]

that's amazing work. looks exceptional.

[@srmcontracting]

Thank you