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Originally Posted by Trochu
I'd just recommend three things...
1. If you're building it in Calgary, make sure you're permits are good to go unless you want to be a rebel and chance it.
2. Have drainage on the earth side of the wall or ensure the wall is permeable.
3. Either build it right, so it's doesn't lean, or have mechanism to straighten it (if it starts to lean, you'll likely need to remove dirt prior to straightening it), like so:
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When we bought our place in Calgary, the people we bought from were not impressed with the landscaping that the neighbour had done a few years earlier. They had put a retaining wall up against the fence and leveled (+/-) their yard. The change in elevation was 4 or 5 feet at the highest point. We bought the place and there was no issue for about 20 years until the new neighbours decided they wanted a hot tub. A crew came in with a compactor and started compacting their yard (felt like someone was trying to drive a tractor through our house
). Before they had the hot tub installed, we noticed that their yard was trying to slide into our yard...
Be careful what you do when trying to change grade.
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