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    retaining wall questions, part 2

    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...
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    retaining wall question

    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...
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    popping sound from pipes....

    We have noticed whenever we are running our dishwasher, or anything with hot water in our kitchen, that it sounds like a pipe making a popping/clicking sound. Our hot water tank is in the attic, so I image the pipes run down one of the walls in the kitchen. The popping sounds like it's coming...
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    rut in yard fix question

    Hello. The terrain of my front yard slopes off to one side. There is a pretty large rut running alongside my pear tree. It makes it a pain to mow around there. The rut is deep enough that it goes below some of the tree roots. I was wondering what I can do to fix this issue? I have never seen...
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    downspout drainage question

    Hello, My house, which sits atop a steep hill, needs to have some of the downspout drainage fixed. One of my downspouts, the previous owners installed just a small section of corrugated pipe, but didn't run it all the way to the side of the hill. Now there is a small sinkhole developing where...
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    sloping slab floors, not related to foundation

    Hello. I am new to this forum. I hope I can make my post make some sense, and hopefully this is the right forum, although it might be more appropriate in the foundation or flooring section. We just bought our first house. It is only 15 years old. When I toured our house before buying, it was...
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