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    How to Build a Stable Retaining Wall for a Pond on a Sloped Property

    Dear Tom G., I will have to complete a lot more research and have ALL the figures reviewed and verified prior to completion. I do thank you for your candor and level of concern, this speaks to your integrity and personal measure of professionalism. With the below grade strata consisting of...
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    How to Build a Stable Retaining Wall for a Pond on a Sloped Property

    I have suffered some small measure of recall... The Trapezoid I has a volume of 1300. The breakthrough .. 1300/27 = 48.15 cuyrds * 1.5 = 72 tns ... So now the question is, will a retaining wall with a sloped face that is 4' tall, and a mass of 72 tons +/-, be sufficient to safely hold back a...
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    How to Build a Stable Retaining Wall for a Pond on a Sloped Property

    The dimensions of the projected retaining pond are 50' X 20' X 4'. The maximum capacity of this project is set to be 4K gallons, 32K pounds of water. The brain cells that once held the power to solve such hydrodynamic questions, have been covered with over 30 years of ballistics tables and trig...
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    How to Build a Stable Retaining Wall for a Pond on a Sloped Property

    My name is Joe. I am 49 and have retired in the last year. I was not planning on this, and have had a hard time getting traction around the house. There are projects that I have had in mind and have dreamed about for years and now, I am finally able to get to them. The hobbies I once did that...
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