One small step for mankind, or for my challenge. I've painted the rocks that were exposed by the cut, put the dirt in and added some grass and a few plants around the edges where the ground might show around some of the trees. I put it in place just to get an idea of how it's shaping up, but I'm still doing all of the work on it in the garage. It sure is a lot easier than reaching over a couple of feet, and it keeps me from messing up the layout
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I added a retaining wall to hold back the rocks on the hill, but it kind of looks tacked on, so I think I'm going to change it for a bigger and taller one. The way I have it now just doesn't look right.
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The big thing is that I'm actually making progress, even if it isn't all in the right direction...
Yeah, that retaining wall doesn't work there, but your rock work looks really nice.
I'm not even sure that a retaining wall would be necessary, as the rocks don't look like they'll be sliding anywhere.
Wayne
I agree with Wayne, your rock cut looks pretty solid to me. No need for a retaining wall there. They are habitually used where there isn't any rock to retain the soil.
Matt
Yeah, I agree, the way the rock pile turned out isn't the way I intended. I'm going to try to rework the rocks a bit to add some rubble, since I'm kind of committed now to putting in a retaining wall there. Yeah, I cut out the rock formation to put the wall in flat and repairing it is not going to be easy.
Don I agree with Wayne and Matt, I would get rid of the wall. Other than that everything is looking good !
I vote for ditching the wall.Just replace it with some large rocks and some greenery.Other than that it looks great.
Against the advice of some well respected members,
I'm making one more attempt at putting in a retaining wall. Somehow, I just feel that something belongs there and I knew that first wall just wasn't right.
My argument is that there is more loose rocks there than it looked like at first glance.
Secondly, there is a drainage problem at that location and the railroad was concerned that if they didn't control the flow, there could be a mud and rock slide onto the tracks, and we all know the consequences of that.
So, as a precaution, the railroad added a 75' poured-in-place concrete wall embedded into the rock and topped by an 8' high expanded metal fence. There are four concrete drainage pipes install to handle runoff. 8-)
Now, if it still doesn't look right, I'll go ahead and put cut rock back without question or hesitation....
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Don I think the reason a retaining wall doesn't look right there is that the hill isn't big/tall/steep enough to warrant one. Or to totally butcher an old saying "your all wall and no hill".
The old saying I had in mind (being where you live) was " All hat and no cows".
Tyson Rayles Wrote:Don I think the reason a retaining wall doesn't look right there is that the hill isn't big/tall/steep enough to warrant one. Or to totally butcher an old saying "your all wall and no hill".
The old saying I had in mind (being where you live) was " All hat and no cows".
Good point, it would have been a lot easier to just put rocks back in there, but, as another old saying goes, I wanted to give it that old college try.....
Being in the southwest, you could say, "all hat and no horse"....
Lot's of them there folk around here.
I don't suppose you remember my other avatar, it tells the story about the dangers of living here in Arizona without a horse.
Remember that meteor that hit Russia yesterday? Well, it had a profound affect on my project. It seems as i a stray particle hit my hill, right where the wall and fence were. You can see the results:
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