Dig back into the existing dirt wall 2 feet to make room for the new retaining wall. Set two stakes on each end of the dirt wall using a mallet. Stretch a string between the two stakes. Place a string ...

I needed a retaining ... t build the wall more than 48 in. high—a taller wall requires special engineering. Do the digging with a shovel if you wish. The trick is to dig halfway into the hill ...

secure 2 bugles into both panels. If you have corners, connect wall panels with mitre joint. STEP 1 Dig out and remove the old retaining wall. Turn over existing soil with a wrecking bar ...

Terraced rice paddies, masterpieces of ancient engineering, have existed in China, the Philippines, and elsewhere for as long as two millennia. You don't have to be an expert to know that the ...

The builders move a large amount of gravel from the slope above to fill in the area behind the retaining wall. Whenever possible ... temporary channels dug into the hillside, a wooden sluice ...

An artist's impression of what the eco-friendly hillside home would look like Plans to build a futuristic mansion into a Herefordshire hillside have been rejected amid concerns it would "harm" the ...