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I can't get my buttresses level to the ground! I had my pool area professionally excavated. I finally got the right side buttresses level in my heavy clay soil...which took me weeks of very long days digging slowly and sometimes using a garden trowel. I chose to put the supports are on top...

Great idea!

Yeah, I added Mason sand under the paver to try to get it level. I just don't want to add too much.

Ok....day 4 I am digging the paver trenches and I can't get the darn things level! I have a flat head shovel and ended up trying to use a garden trowel. I spent two hours slowly attempting to level this one single paver. Its still not level and I gave up for the day. How do I do this more...

Thanks! Thanks! Digging day 2. Sand delivery will be this afternoon. Now to learn how to use an ancient plate compactor 🤪

Flip-flop for size reference. I found it while raking up the rocks to get to solid ground. The hole is right on the perimeter of where the curved end will be.

I found a hole! It's close to where the edge will be. Do I fill it with something?

The first step was someone with a really big truck with a bucket and a fancy laser level. To think, when I started this I sent my boys out with shovels. Bahaha! The guy had to come out twice because the first time he built one side up instead of going to the lowest level. His thinking was that...

I have spent many hours researching how to level ground correctly. I am really frustrated about leveling the ground, adding 2 inches of crushed rock, leveling again, then digging to put put pavers under the upright support, leveling it again, digging to add supports, releveling and measuring...