You know the old saying 'You never have time to do the job right the first time, but always have time to do it right the second time. Well here's a good example with this wall I scrambled to build last spring before summer guests arrived. It would have taken me 1 hour to pour a proper footing under it but I was in a big hurry. Upon arriving this spring, I found that the wall had settled about 4 inches in one area. I don't like crappy work, especially my own so I tore the wall down and started over yesterday. I got really lucky that the topsoil behind the wall held in place while I dug a footing, tied in rebar and mixed and poured the footing. I was worried that the dirt would slide into my yard so I worked in high gear getting the job complete in less than 2 hours. That is the best 2 hours you'll ever get out of me pulling down 8,000 pounds of blocks and then of course had to restack them this morning which only took 1 hour. The blocks are only 60 pounds each, so not too heavy but 125 of them kinda wears on a senior citizen like me. That great top soil that I used came from a farm nearby. It was a mixture of dirt and horse pucky with no sand in the mix. You can see in the photo how well that horse poop held that dirt together. Good Stuff! I might have to find a day job if this retirement life doesn't start getting a little easier.
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