- [Narrator] Okay. I have to admit,
this is one of the hardest projects to work on
because of this view.
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As always, I hope everyone's doing well, staying positive.
So in this video, I'm gonna go into a little bit more detail
on what it takes to pour a concrete wall.
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All right, so with all our walls,
we always start with the footing
and we normally start in the back.
As you can see here, we go from one end to the other.
Now you go from the front.
I mean, I'm sorry, from the back to the front
with the concrete pump and we kind of alternate it.
This gives the concrete time to set up.
About time we get to the end,
the footing concrete is pretty much set,
so we can start pouring for our wall.
So just like the footing, we go from one end to the other,
as you can see here.
So normally we'll fill the concrete wall up
somewhat to the top, but as we vibrate, as you can see here,
it kind of comes down and slowly goes throughout the wall.
So it's not filled all the way up to the top
and then go to the next part of the wall.
We kind of start almost like a triangle
and with the vibrator kind of vibrates it down.
Now, as it vibrates down, you may see the concrete
kind of spill out between the boards and that's okay.
And that's where the wedges come into play at.
It's very important that you put the wedges in.
And we do our wedges approximately 16,
I'm sorry, 12 to 16 inches.
Normally the ones on the bottom two boards
are about 12 inches apart and they go up as we go up.
It goes to about 16 inches apart.
It's very important that you put the wedges.
I had a couple of guys ask me some questions about it.
If not, the chances for the wall opening up
increases dramatic.
All right, so what he's doing here is
kind of taking the hand trowel
and going a little bit under the two by 12.
And what this is going to do is allow us to
strip this board pretty easy, especially with the prices
.
And also what it does is allow us to have
a nice little finish next
about 12 inches from the back of the wall
for our drain pipe.
Of course, with all our retaining walls,
we always make sure the top up is nice and smooth,
as you can see here.
Now we're going to strip the wall.
It's pretty simple here.
We do have a video.
You can look down below where we're kind of go in detail
on what it takes to strip a retaining wall.
It's pretty simple.
Just take some muscle and some sweat.
That being said, I hope you guys enjoyed this video
and it helped you out a little bit.
If you have any questions or comments, please leave below.
And as always, if you're in the Sacramento Bay Area,
you can hit us up.
Everyone else, I appreciate you taking your time,
and checking us out
and remember, it's cool to ask for help
and hang around people that are positive.
Catch you on the next one.
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