[stoneridge]

I went out on a call where a couple had a timber wall built. The wall is around 50ft. long, by 5.5ft tall. There are NO dead-man. Its one of those walls that have the 6X6's all stacked up horizontally, with 8X8's every 4' in front, vertical to the wall. Behind the wall, there is a 40' plus slope that runs straight down to the wall.

Needless to say it is buckled out by 5-7"s. My question is, has anyone excavated behind a wall of this size and tried to attach dead-man, and pull the wall back into place?

I thought it would be easier,(and maybe around the same price) to just remove the existing wall and replace with a redesigned block wall.

Any thoughts on this?
Thanks,
Steve

[dan deutekom]

Depends

If you can get an excavator on top of the wall to dig out behind it and then back for the deadmen. Then a machine could push the wall into position. Use a chainsaw to cut holes for the deadmen and toe spike into place front and back.

It will always look like a repaired wall but it probably would be cheaper than building a new block wall. I have always found taking down this kind of wall is always a PITA because of all the spikes and disposal.