A complete Retaining Wall Failure goes to Court in St.Paul MN. I get called in as an expert witness. Watch the process as I determine what happened to cause this retaining wall to blow out.
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I hate railroad tie landscaping! One of the biggest and heaviest pain in the asses when it comes to removal. I recommend a 12" demolition blade for your recip saw (if you're a homeowner doing the removal and disposal, at least.) Even then it's a PITA!
they would have to infringe on the other guys property to accommodate the garage property.
you know I gotta say this channel is pretty cool and informational I just might try out his profession
You really should have dressed as Lieutenant Colombo for this, and at the end said, scratching your head: "Euhh, Sir, jus' one more thing…"
BIGGEST problem NOT addressed… If you look real close, you'll see it. From edge of garage to retaining wall was gravel. Good idea. The TWO LAYERS of plastic with a grade leading to the retaining wall… NOT GOOD. ALL the water from the roof was funneled straight to the back side of the wall and allowed for it to rot from the back side outwards. No plastic protecting the back side of the retaining wall at all, which could very well have been hidden between the top course and second down so you'd never have seen it at all (two layers should have been placed) … Poor construction initially by whomever built it.
I also noticed that the driveway was never backfilled properly, which now gives the water a sort of river effect therefore eroding the surface area between the driveway and wall even more. My assumption is that the existing grade on the uphill side was probably lower than the top most rail road tie… so instead of shedding, it ate its way down and also had the un-backfilled drive trapping it there.
Did I also see live Termites in the Rail Road Ty's ? Do they eat the tar wood also ?
ya this is real catastrophic 3 _4 foot wall.my company rips stuff like that out and puts up wall one day
Railroad ties are used & rotten to begin with! I do not see the garage having much to do with the failure. Yes gutters would deflect the water but it would have just moved the water to the front & back of the garage. The wall failed because of rotten RR ties and age!
I am No Lawyer but to me it should be on the building inspector not doing his job too the fullest !
I am Surprised that the Building Inspect didn't say anything about the wall before the Garage was built and then after the Garage was built about not have a place for the water to travel too the Street !
Where do you dispose of railroad ties?
Fire bomb the two houses, problem solved.
put a huge 30 foot concrete retaining wall up for like 8g…..15g? wtf?
I wonder if a permit was pulled on the garage.
both homes (not home owners) are at fault
the one home is sub grade to make a flat home pad
and the other is above grade
the "ONLY solution" is to bore a cement retaining wall,
under the upper pad and replace the retaining wall with cement and drainage
the slope idea is reasonable but forces all water upon the lower home
you need more experience to give advice in court
you are totally ignorant of liabilities
in the present and future,
both home owners should pay for retaining wall refurbishment
and home owner on raised pad should make effort for surface water control
Geez, if the uphill neighbor would have done a rain gutter and a drainage pipe to the street they would have been fine for another decade or more.
So no garage no failure