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DIY & Home Improvement

catnhatnh

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2. Cut and Fill

Reply to roody (Original post)

Wed Jun 8, 2016, 09:08 PM

Jun 2016

You take fill from the furthest point from the house and transfer it next to the house....done right you have a diagonal that touches the existing level at the midpoint with no need to buy fill or truck away excess...

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I just bought a house in Iowa. [View all] roody Jun 2016 OP

Retaining walls and French drains are your best friends. Warpy Jun 2016 #1

Cut and Fill catnhatnh Jun 2016 #2

Thank you. roody Jun 2016 #3

If you have the room in height on the house side to add dirt that's what I wold do. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2016 #4

Roody might get *free* soil from a contractor who excavated for a foundation Kolesar Dec 2016 #9

There is actually a lot to the answer. rusty quoin Jun 2016 #5

Thanks. I actually "inherited" some houses. Dad is still living well at 96. roody Jun 2016 #6

Word of caution about those accordion downspout extenders LiberalEsto Jun 2016 #7

The clay soil on my house dissolved the foundation blocks and left cracks in them. Kolesar Dec 2016 #10

DIY tips lerryfindcr Oct 2016 #8