Quote Originally Posted by ootai View Post
You have made me very jealous, that view you have is fabulous.

Is the reason that garvity at your place is heavy because you're high on the hill? I thought it decreased as you got futher from the centre of the earth but then again with that view maybe you are in the centre of the earth.

In an earlier post you praised the guys in respect to their ability to build a retaining wall and then when I seen the first couple of pictures I was worried until the one where they have tied the columns back to the house slab, bloody marvellous.

I will look forward to, at sometime in the future seeing a finished house I am sure it will also be bloody marvellous.
Your question about garvity is funny, but yes, it is because i'm high on the hill! If we did not take precautions like this, there would be a greater chance that pressure from the landfill would push everything down, especially during the rainy season, with the added weight of the water...
3 years ago, we had a retaining 4 foot high 20 feet long (which is the correct english, foot, or feet?) wall capsize! It took two men the best part of a week to take it apart, it was very solid! It stayed in one part, even after it capsized! It simply was not anchored properly, the rain was strong...