Because this has all been too easy (?!?!?!?!?), we decided to run a retaining wall the whole back length of the boundary. Our SS was kind enough to organise to have his bobcat guy dig out all the dirt required (and take the dirt) for $100 bucks! Deal of the century, given there is probably 8-10 tonnes of dirt to move. This was all scheduled to happen yesterday, and from there, we would organise the fence (once the current one is approved and closed off).
However, as seems to be our luck with retaining walls, the bob cat could not unearth the rock hard dry clay which was onsite. Weeks of rain and then sun, has turned the clay into almost rock!
So, the bob cat guy couldn't do the job after all that! So we still have all that dirt sitting onsite! Fortunately, our SS said he could organise the bigger digging machined (dunno what it is actually called) to come out to our site when it was next in the area to break through the clay - and he was kind enough to pay 50% of the cost for us, as he was feeling sorry for us.
Should have an idea when this will happen by the end of the week.
Unbelievable!! Don't build retaining walls!!!!
Below is a pic of the final I-beam against the rear masonry retaining wall on our neighbours plot. Timber sleepers were fitted today, so I'll have a new pic tomorrow.
We're off to site tomorrow to check out what the chippies were up to and hopefully celebrate the approval of our retaining wall...... hopefully we'll have good news tomorrow!!
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