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Seawall Rip Rap
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01/22/24 06:48 PM
01/22/24 06:48 PM
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Joined: Jun 2015
Posts: 14,022
Some Marriott/Auburn
AU7MM08
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Posts: 14,022
Some Marriott/Auburn
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Good evening I’m not a civil engineer nor do I play one on TV. Last week the Seawall on the lake house was replaced. They placed riprap in front of the new wall. Was enough rip rap placed? Is this rip rap sized correctly? It seems too small. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.postimg.cc/pTgX8Vdq/IMG-1510.jpg)
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Re: Seawall Rip Rap
[Re: AU7MM08]
#4068151
01/22/24 07:16 PM
01/22/24 07:16 PM
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Posts: 7,754
Montgomery, AL
Hunting-231
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Montgomery, AL
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Not even in the ballpark, you are several dump trucks short of the amount you will need - waves will wash under the footings of your new seawall and it will eventually collapse. They also should have put material (think of a VERY thick painters tarp) under the rip rap to keep it from sinking and help retain the soil.
If I remember correctly your place is on Martin - which is raised and lowered annually. When Alabama Power raises the water over the next couple of months the waves will begin washing it out, in the Fall when they lower the waves will continue to wash it away - until the footings are exposed, then it is just a matter of time without the proper amount of protection.
"The struggle you're in today, is developing the strength you need for tomorrow."
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Re: Seawall Rip Rap
[Re: Hunting-231]
#4068171
01/22/24 07:51 PM
01/22/24 07:51 PM
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Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 729
Alabama
chevydude2015
4 point
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4 point
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Posts: 729
Alabama
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Not even in the ballpark, you are several dump trucks short of the amount you will need - waves will wash under the footings of your new seawall and it will eventually collapse. They also should have put material (think of a VERY thick painters tarp) under the rip rap to keep it from sinking and help retain the soil.
If I remember correctly your place is on Martin - which is raised and lowered annually. When Alabama Power raises the water over the next couple of months the waves will begin washing it out, in the Fall when they lower the waves will continue to wash it away - until the footings are exposed, then it is just a matter of time without the proper amount of protection. Geotextile fabric. And that would probably be enough rock for a pond. On a lake with wake boats driving around, not even close.
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Re: Seawall Rip Rap
[Re: AU7MM08]
#4068174
01/22/24 07:55 PM
01/22/24 07:55 PM
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 34,458
Boxes Cove
2Dogs
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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Boxes Cove
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Nope , need more , a lot more!
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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Re: Seawall Rip Rap
[Re: 2Dogs]
#4068190
01/22/24 08:11 PM
01/22/24 08:11 PM
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Posts: 22,168
blount county alabama
jwalker77
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Pumpkin
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blount county alabama
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Nope , need more , a lot more! What they did was as little as possible in order to be able to say they did the job according to spec. That amount of rip rap is for looks only and wont be good for crap. That contractor should be ashamed of himself, but i would bet its business as usual.
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Re: Seawall Rip Rap
[Re: jwalker77]
#4068212
01/22/24 08:30 PM
01/22/24 08:30 PM
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Posts: 34,458
Boxes Cove
2Dogs
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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Boxes Cove
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Nope , need more , a lot more! What they did was as little as possible in order to be able to say they did the job according to spec. That amount of rip rap is for looks only and wont be good for crap. That contractor should be ashamed of himself, but i would bet its business as usual. If that meets code , that's a rare example where code is grossly inadequate.
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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Re: Seawall Rip Rap
[Re: 2Dogs]
#4068215
01/22/24 08:32 PM
01/22/24 08:32 PM
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Posts: 22,168
blount county alabama
jwalker77
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Pumpkin
Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 22,168
blount county alabama
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Nope , need more , a lot more! What they did was as little as possible in order to be able to say they did the job according to spec. That amount of rip rap is for looks only and wont be good for crap. That contractor should be ashamed of himself, but i would bet its business as usual. If that meets code , that's a rare example where code is grossly inadequate. Im not saying it met code. Im saying they were supposed to use rip rap and theres some laying there, thats about it. Work ethics in America these days sucks.
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