All of you work so hard! Kudos to the team! Great video...can't wait for the next one! Thank you!😊🙏

Thank you Stan, I have been waiting for this series. Keep up the wall and paver videos!

Stan this is really cool how you are showing how everything goes to gather for building walls.

Stan, I am really enjoying this series. Thanks for the upload!!

I got to drive a brand new kubota SVL 75-2 today and I can now say with confidence that machine was a good choice! I loved it!

Hey, Stanley. Excellent video, man. Looking forward to the rest. Superb!!!

I have been working on building a firepit in the back yard with a 7' slope since May paying close attention to your videos for help. I am at the point on running wiring for lights and putting wall caps on the walls and for the steps. (Wish there was a way to send a pic) but only having 2 hours one day, 1 hour the next it's been humbling experience not having and power tools except a standard 2inch hand saw to cut 6 inch block -_-. A lot of troubleshooting and sitting back scratching my head on things but the foundation of the wall is solid and I can't thank you all enough for the content you put out to help out folks like us. Also I got the worst tennis elbow hammering away at blocks so powering through that I can understand the gimpy T-Rex arm haha!

Another great video!!

Thanks for another great video!

Great work guys! Cheap no good, good no cheap!

Anyone who has done this work understands exactly how difficult this job is. As always Stan your crew does great work!

Looking great so far can’t wait to see the next one. Amazing work and thanks for sharing this with us take care

Nice work. Thanks!

Weather feeling nice in New Jersey, nights and early dawn is kinda cold (60’s), glad to see more videos, great to watch when I’m not working, mowing peoples lawns I’m 13 and saving for a computer

Thanks Stan! Appreciate the video.

Stan, you dedication and attention to detail is why I enjoy watching your videos. Your team makes it look enjoyable and the outcome always impressive. Ok ready for part three.

I love the start to finish project videos Stan!

New viewer.... I really like the passion and energy you have for your work. The kind of contractor I wish we had more of around my area.

The Quality remains long before the price is forgotten. Great work being done on that customers backyard right their.

👍👍👍👍👍 video, Thanks Stan🤗

Just got here and already know its gonna be a good one!!!

Well Stan , I have ever done a patio and it’s 60’x20’ and it was a pain. Butt I kept on and used lime for the bed instead of sand. Because that is what landscapers in my area recommended. St. Louis area. Thanks for all the tips click and drop worked great! To bad I can not send a pic on this chat.

I like this build series!

Stan I did a Wall using Big box store blocks 83 foot Long 12 feet tall with steps in the center and two conners coming back into hillside could not have done with such success with out your help so thanks for the help

hope you had a great day! I did to! This wall is amazing to watch be built! Hope no one got hurt while it was being built! keep up the great work!

I second the cordless grease gun, I got the Dewalt kit and I love it! Such a time saver, especially with things like track tensioners that take a lot of grease

Always great videos and editing man. 🔥👏😎

Great video Man do I love the whistle of concrete saws lol

Just finished watching your last upload , I’m a day behind it appears ! This feels like a free 2 in 1 video !

LETTTTS GOOOO BABBYY!!!! Been wait for part 2

You guys do some awesome work Stan great video brother.👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Great video Stan I really enjoyed this video 🇺🇲

That Retaining wall looks fresh hope you guys have a good day 💯💪👊🔥

I need you guys to transform my backyard. Awesome work team.

I was laughing at 10:55 Stan, when you said: "What you're going to see next is going to seem awkward or off". Immediately after saying this you popped on full screen. Don't be so hard on yourself Stan lol Great video. Thanks!

Stan, you have one hell of a crew. Those guys are the best 😜

Impressive wall and equally as Impressive job site. The vid is full of good info and shows your guys know their stuff as well as you. God bless my friend.

Great video bro 👍

I Honestly just love your videos

Definitely worth getting a electric grease gun! I also have a milwaukee unit and if it failed, I'd get another 1 that day. I picked up that grease fitting tool from NAPA back in the day but I've noticed a few local AG suppliers that have them on the shelf

Love the videos

Nice!

Another killer video

God bless love the videos brotha.

Another nice option with versaloc is that you can make them double sided as a "fence" that's built together with the wall.

I do the same things I over build what ever I am building I over do it just Incas I need to add on to it later down the road. Thanks for the video

Was nice to see Sam and his grease gun again, he is the Clint Eastwood of your channel.😃

Good stuff Stan

I use an edging spike to mark the block instead of a pencil or marker. The scrape stays even when wet. No pencil led or china marker wax or sharpie tips wearing off, washing away or getting dusted.

With all those Western Digital My Books, you should look into buying a NAS like a synology or something. You have a lot of footage, can't imagine how many more my books you have laying around vs the 2 I see on your desk lol.

Grease joint rejuvenater, I've owned one for 20 years purchased from a Mac tool distributor. And yes they work amazing.

I know the guy who dropped off the block! Good freind of mines dad!

Dammit, you beat me to it Stan! I was just gonna say "that's what she said!" 🤣

Me before watching this series: I can easily design and build a block retaining wall. Me after watching this series: I can easily call a professional to design and build a block retaining wall.

Haha I was about to say to Sam tractor supply sells one of those grease joint rejuvenator that clears the grease fittings but then you said he has one haha they work amazing for stubborn grease zerks

Thanks Stan! Unfortunately this series will wrap up about the same time as I wrap up my paver patio project above a retaining wall... At least mine is a 9-18" wall so no special engineering required. Still have 3"+ of compacted base under it though. Don't forget to get that smoke detector back up in your office! 🧐 I'd be happy to help if you want. 👍

Dude cutting the block, we have the same boots! So easy to put on and take off. I use them quarrying

I work in a factory but I find this stuff so interesting

I have a blue point ejector that I got off the snap on man when I was working for a hydraulic shop 7 years ago, works wonders. Not sure if they still sell them but worth the money!

Watching this video I got a ad of you showing a blade

Baker's dozen is always good policy.

Stan I bought the Milwaukee M18 leaf blower the one that has the 100 cfm and 160 mph wind speed and I'm using one of my XC 5.0 amp hour batteries from my mid torque impact wrench kit and on my 70 feet w by 110 feet long yard I got my yard done on 3/4 of the battery and I'm sold on the not having to pull a cord to crank a engine over

Tractor supply sells the grease zurks injectors. Just got one last month.

Things are really coming along aye. I’m doing my spring lawn renovation tomorrow and I can’t wait. Spring is finally here in Australia. What work boots do you wear? I’m slowly saving up for a pair and I’m not sure what ones to get.

Norther tools sells that tool as well

Hey guys! Howcome you use gravel underneath the blocks? In Denmark we would do like so: 1. Remove all dirt until we get to the claylayers. 2. Use a type of gravel mixed with bigger stones (0-32mm) with sand and clay so that it compacs really nice. Layer thickness around 15cm 3. Concrete wich will be directly underneath the blocks. layer thickness aroudn 15 cm. 4. Blocks. Behind we never use geogritt, I havent seen anything like that before, we put concrete behind the wall. But the geogritt seems very nice!

We like to see the work

Hey Stan I had a question. I am looking to install a small retaining wall for my front yard. I also would like a security fence for the front yard as well. Is it reasonable (since everything is possible if you throw enough money at it) to combine the two? Are Versa-lok secure enough I can build a block wall on top of them? The retaining wall will only be 3 or 4 blocks high.

Anyone else get a blade commercial from Stan before the video?

Also, what editing software do you use again? And what camera? I think asked before but I forgot what you use. As I’m looking at upgrading to a GoPro but they sort of break the bank a bit.

Easy way we make our own corners… Demo saw Sledge Axe 12 lb sledge hammer Score the block on all 4 sides Wedge the sledge axe in the scored line Use the butting end of the sledge to tap the wedge in (left right middle) Use the strike side of sledge to render an even strike blow to the wedge Block will split and have 2 natural rough ends With 2 guys we average one split/minute or 2 corners each minute If block doesn’t split, flip to underside and repeat process (every now and then a stubborn block requires this)

Cool

What is this god thing you say at the end of every video, is that like some sort of magic incantation?

Hey Stan, I've watch your videos on retaining walls. But I'm confused on the "toeing in' with native soil on clean stone. Wouldn't the soil wash into the stone creating settling? I need my drain tile to be above grade. Do I need a compactable base with fines? Please help.

Sam has a weird "relationship" with his grease gun! LOL

She is coming along nicely, really like how you are videoing the layers with the geogrid material. That blade on the saw cuts like a hot knife thru butter. Who makes that blade and what model is it? Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing.

lot of contractors could stand to learn a lesson from your videos!!!!

You talked about 7' grid length. I knew who the wall failed at 10', the inspector on site during tear out measured every piece and fined the company over one piece being 6' 11 15\16. I think the inspector was an arse but I guess if it said 7' a1\16 might matter.

They sell those injector kits online at Home Depot. But keep up the great content!

This is exactly what I'm looking for at our home here in TN! Do you have anyone in the Nashville are you refer?

Being up north do you guys typically have enough moisture in the soil naturally to get proper compaction? Down here in dry as a popcorn fart colorado we almost always have to truck in and add water to our backfill.

Hey Stan. It's really cool that your employees help with filming. Do you notify them before hiring that you record things for KZfaq? Can they opt out? I recently started filming for my channel and also considering expanding from just me to more employees. So curious about the legalities etc.

Good Evening Stan, How's the day going. Nice weather today, hby? Lime sparking water today.

Your videos are great, Stan! Quick question: if you're having to use geogrid because of a surcharge above a wall, what's the formula for determining how deep into the hill the geogrid must extend?

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8:20 So what you're saying is you're Customers ask for a 9 foot wall and you automatically design it as if they had asked for a 10 or 11 foot wall... As long as the extra height potential doesn't cost too much in terms of added materials used to build it...I think it's a great idea...

Rotator cuff injuries suck and are a long term injuries.

so, have you ever doe a solid single pour concrete retaining wall? IE, building wooden forms, and inserting rebar in a grid and then pouring concrete in it? i wonder about the level of drainage needed for such a design. i assume the base woudl have to be some sort fo washed and crushed stone of a certain width beyond the concrete width, and possible have pipes in under it to funnel water away from any foundation put in... im planing a major project in the future, anywhere from a year to five years in the future which will need some serious engineering to be durable and long lasting. i want to pour it in one go, and then later add the stone facing which i hope to build on a 6 inch lip from the foundation up and use mortar as the bonding agent, rather than build dry stacks of the slate and pouring concrete between the two faces, as i have done for the current project. but, for a Major slope holding project like what im planing for the future, i think it needs some much better engineered drainage for the foundation. where might i find any advice on this sort of thing? we have a Lot of water behind us, and a continuous spring that comes out near our driveway at a fairly good rate, so i down want to trap that water, or allow the frost to heave it. anyways, just rambling now lol... i love to watch how you build, as every contractor does it differently, for every different style and engineering problem.

Stan, awesome wall. Just curious what your thoughts are on fabric. I hear a lot of different opinions.

Have you ever used a larger dimension block (48"x18") like the Redi-rock? I am wanting to do a DIY at my home very similar to this project, 10 ft. high on a steep slope. My thought is that I can use my own excavator to set the larger blocks and save my back. Would appreciate your thoughts before I bite off more that I can chew.

Curious as to why you dont use filter fabric between the dirt and the drainage stone (ie french drain). Wont the dirt eventually invade the stone and defeat the drainage capability? Then you have a hydrostatic pressure problem. Isnt hydrostatic pressure what causes most retaining walls to fail?

Can you place a paver patio to butt up to a retaining wall cap? If so, how do you set the base for the patio on top of the angular rock of the wall? Will the wall still drain properly?

IPA Tools make that grease joint rejuvenator, you can buy a master or professional kit. Ibought one back in2016 from them and works awesome especially with brake oil if I remember correctly?

have had issues with the dewalt one building air blocks and not pumping correctly

Great video! What did you charge for this whole job, Stan?

Awesomesauce video Stan. Question. I am building a retaining wall. It drops 9 ft into a retention pond for my neighborhood. The culvert pipe that leads under the road it right on my property edge. The area has termites. I am going to use rebar to hold the wall. I can't really use timber, I was thinking metal studs, maybe? Any ideas?

I gotta do,this exact same project at my own home but 300 feet long

Stan how many truck loads of block did you use either In editing you showed the same truck twice or you really used a whole bunch of blocks. The neighbors below the wall must think they moved to China G.W.C.

Always use the engineering as a bare minimum. If anything happens and you followed the engineering the liability falls on the engineer. It's a great insurance policy

@5:29 he could've measure from the straight side(his left hand side) and mark the 5 1/4 now its parallel by default