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I put in a three foot retaining wall for a 55 foot length of my back yard. I have a huge embankment, but my flat yard was only 15 feet wide. I realised I could gain another 9 feet with "just" a three foot no mortar retaining wall. I started with a pick axe, a shovel, a wheelbarrow and a dream. 1 year later it was done. My soil is so bad I had to get a 70 lb. demolition hammer to carve into the hill and peel away chunks like giant pie slices. I thought I learned my lesson but then I decided to run my dedicated 220v 50 amp line to the jacuzzi myself. Rented the trencher and had it done in half a day, but my back STILL hurts a month later! I hired a professional to pour my concrete side yard path and extend my patio to fit the jacuzzi. I've decided any project where I will have to look at it forever, I'm hiring a professional. Anything I can bury after I get working (like an electrical line) I'll do myself.
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