Cut side retaining wall, finished

16/08/09: Today we built the retaining wall on the cut side of the block. This was one of the last things we are responsible for until our house is completed. Neither of these walls were as hard to build as we thought, as the ground was not as tough to dig as we thought it was going to be.

The cost of both of the retaining walls came in at around $400. This included all of things we needed to build the walls such as; the wood, cement mix, screws as well as a string line spirit level. This wall was completely DIY and there was a lot of hard work put in by both of our families. This wall would not have been built without them, so we would like to say a big thank you to them for their much needed help and expertise.

We also owe a big thank you to one of our soon to be next door neighbours as they let us use their water and electricity. We needed the water so we could mix the cement and the power for the use of our drills. We are very lucky to have such a nice neighbours and again our walls would not be complete without them, so a big thank you to them as well.

Next week there is nothing planed for the block, they allowed one week for the completion of the second retaining wall, so there probably won’t be any updates until the following week. Then we expect the plumbing to be done, along with the screw piers, this finishes off with the slab being laid on the 31st August, we can't wait.