Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In this video I am installing some footings/foundations for a retaining garden wall. This comprises of digging out a trench and filling the trench with concrete. Once the concrete has hardened you can build the wall on top.
00:00 Introduction
01:04 Measuring out
02:40 Check the weather
03:09 Problems with the old wall
03:54 Estimating the size of the footings
05:07 Digging out the trench
06:29 Adding crush N run
07:11 Checking the trench level
08:54 Add the damp proof membrane
09:27 Ready mixed or mix it yourself concrete
10:04 How to mix concrete
14:58 Belle Wheel barrow
15:20 Filling the trench with concrete
18:58 Tamping down the concrete
20:26 Protecting the concrete from the sun
20:41 Step up footings
21:53 Tree blowing over
22:28 Wall collapsing
22:50 Outro