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Ok....
Now
Sit Back and Relax while you check out some Before & After pics  NO!!!! NOT LIKE THAT!!!! More Like This!!!  Before
 Picture if you can.....An in-ground swimming pool with concrete walks all around up to a wall (to right) that is starting to collapse from poor construction techniques.The existing wall to the right in the photo was completely dismantled and moved to the side entrance and used as as extension to an existing wall in that location as you will see later in these pictures.
It took an additional 100 ton of gravel and topsoil to bring this area up to grade. And
AFTER
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What a difference 3 weeks makes.
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Notice the pretty new replacement wall on the left?
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Here you can see the new upper retaining wall also and new sections of masterfully constructed (smile) privacy fence replicating the older existing fence.
In order to control the massive amounts of rain water that come off this hill, 6" PVC drains with 4" connectors and catch basins at edge of fence were installed together with supplemental 4" Flex pipe French drains and run throughout the area.
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New pathways were installed using all rocks that had existed in the previous landscape. Every stone was utilized which numbered in the hundreds. Steps and natural retaining walls were made from the larger stone while smaller ones were used to edge the pathways to separate gravel from mulched planting beds.
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The partial sunlit area does not produce the best photos or maybe it's my old Kodak but believe me it is gorgeous!
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and....after
Partial view of catch basins at lowest points of run off from other side of fence.
Ok.....you can take a breather here for just a second....
Now if you're.... f-i-n-a-l-l-y.... done resting,
Can we p-l-e-a-s-e
Move....
On to the
Front Side Entrance?Same House
Before  AndAfter
Yep! "Them there is" the old wall block which we took apart in the back. Even made a nice step in it for access to upper level.
Homeowner wanted a rectangular planting bed in lower section so that's what is seen in the center area.
And that's the very last of the rock collected on site.
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Nice steps....Nice sod...Beautiful reclaimed wall stone.... and again, plenty of upper drainage even behind the garage.
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If you would have gone up the steps and turned to your left this is what you would see. This will eventually be all grass come spring and the back yard where the other 2 walls and paths are located will be easily accessible from here through the gate in background.
This narrow area was also our only ingress and egress from the driveway on north side of house to the back pool area on the south side without trashing the neighbors property. This really slowed down daily progress but....
It turned out
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
 Whew!!!...I think that's all!OH....WAIT!!!!!
By the way....  Have a GREAT Thanksgiving....
and....
Don't forget the importance of
November 11th
BUT......
MOST
IMPORTANTLY....
THANK YOU!!!!!!
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