Decorative Stone Wall Project

[pajoube]

View from the road. This is the back of the wall and will be filled in with hedge on top. Many people stopped to ask why I was putting the blocks in backwards. My reply was that front side was going to be enjoyed by my family. I didn’t tell them of the back fill and hedge on top.

 

[pajoube]

Overview

 

[pajoube]

Dumping rocky soil as fill and topped off with clean dirt.

 

[pajoube]

Filling the block wall cavity with stone for added support.

 

[pajoube]

Fill soil completed. Now installing the weed guard fabric.

 

[pajoube]

Pulling the soil back so that I had at least 12 inches clearance from the top of cap for clean dirt.

 

[pajoube]

Clean dirt (rock free) applied. Have the first pvc run put down for the sprinkler system.
More pictures to come as we continue to get closer to the finished product. That’s if my body holds up.

 

[RobS]

That's quite a project PJ, most impressive. Glad to see you're making progress as I'm in the early stages of a similar wall. I'm using the smaller blocks (25 pounds each) so maybe my back will suffer less? More trips of course. We've got a thunderstorm rolling through right now so I don't know when my day will start. How long did this project take you?

Thanks for the picture story, it is inspiring /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[bubenberg]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Wall block being delivered. Each block weighed 85 lbs and we bought 509 blocks )</font>

and here is a picture of a pt 425 on steroids /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif ..... i am goiing to make you move to pa and work with me .... great work and pictures

 

[duane]

Paul,

Very nice job. I see where the 4n1 bucket really comes in handy.

Duane