Oops a little problem

We had all the wall figured and suddenly hit a problem - the wall was not supporting the trees that were already in place, and had in fact bowed the wall outwards. A bit of poking around showed that the wall would have needed replacing in the next 2-4 years anyway, as it was weakening with the build up of pressure from the drive and trees.

So its been quite a big job - and foundations have to be excavated down to about a foot below the wall and up to the proposed drive level - shed loads of dirt, replaced with concrete, then a block wall with re-inforced steel, again infilled with concrete.

What started out as a simple job..... I hate to think what this is going to add to the budget, but it is what it is I guess. They builders have made a great job of strengthening the drive and new wall, its just made everything that bit slower.