Recent content by bgaviator

I have not done anything to that wall....I'm just trying to get the big issues fixed first.

I finally got around to filling in the huge hole left by the previous owners not running the downspout away from the house. I bought a flexible solid corrugated pipe. I need to attach in another downspout with another pipe and use a y connector. I am still not sure what the best way to go...

no, it does not get real cold here. I am in planting zone 7. we rarely even see snow.

another view from other side

so you are saying there is a real possibility my house will slide down my hill?

This is where I'd like a wall.....just did this quickly in MS paint.

So I have a question about doing the main retaining walls along our back hill, that steeply drops off below our deck. We are having some pretty bad erosion issues, and the other day I was walking down the hill, and my foot fell through a sinkhole! We need to do something to address our issues...

I would need a wall about 4 ft high, or just slightly higher to bring the dirt more level in this section. Now does the wall height include what gets buried, or only what's visible above the buried layer? The reason I asked about only having a wall where those timbers are is to minimize cost...

Is it possibly to have a retaining wall just at the top or middle section of a hillside, rather than having to start tiers at the bottoms? Could you dig down pretty deep, maybe two rows thick with those stackable wall blocks in the side of the hill for stability, or would it just topple over...

city sewage

I have not dug into it. None of my neighbors really talk to each other. My yard feels like a sponge after a rain...not sure if it's a trait of having Bermudgrass or not.

That's what I was kind of thinking, running a solid pipe out, and once I got to the hill, transitioning to a perforated one. Do you think I should run the perforated section straight out, or right angle it so it's lengthwise across the hill? I thought if it was lengthwise, the water would more...

The water heater is brand new.

Is there anything I could add at the end of the corrugated pipe once I got it more off to the side to where it would disperse the water more slowly and gently over a greater area, rather than dumping it in one place at a high rate? I would be worried no matter where the pop-up drain would be...

This is from the front of my house looking back. The hill on the side all steeply slopes towards my neighbor. If I run the pipe all the way to the back corner, the water would stay in my yard. I worry about dumping it out onto the hill though as I'm afraid it could erode away the hill.....and...