Week 1 - Retaining Wall

The first week kicked off with confirmation from the building surveyor that we were good to start the project despite not yet formally receiving the Flood Prone - Report and Consent from the council.

The retaining wall on the north side of the house is to allow a level area in front of the house. It is 28.5m long and due to the landslip issues the wall is engineered with 3 meter foundations with posts at 1500 centres.  

The holes are deep!

The posts weighed over 80 kg each, the contractor decided to position them without a machine

At the end of day 2, half of the posts were in..

The local wildlife gave the posts their stamp(?) of approval.

It was decided to use wheelbarrows rather than a concrete pump to save money.

The end of day 3 only 3 posts to go..

Almost done..