Land, old houses, and life in East Texas


Building a Retaining Wall at the Pine Mills House

Built a retaining wall this week at the Pine Mills house. We perched this house up on a hill, and the lot had a little more slope than we thought.

New wood retaining wall below a frame house in Pine Mills, Texas
Retaining wall going in on a sloped lot in Pine Mills, Texas

On a sloped lot like this, a retaining wall holds the soil in place around the house so heavy rain does not wash it out.

Retaining wall along the side of a frame house in Pine Mills, Texas

It should look really nice once it is finished and landscaped.

Greg McKinney, Mineola, Texas

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