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What To Do With Extra Soil
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Summary: Learn some tips and suggestions on what to do with extra soil on the construction site in this free home improvement video.
Ben Ingham is a retired educator and owner of The Hairy Potters custom stoneware studio. He has recently purchased 80 acres of barren land with his wife Betty. On the land they are...read more
"This is Ben Ingham with Expert Village talking about a walk out basement. One of the problems that you have to deal with is anytime you use a back hole and you are digging tons of dirt and many many square yards of dirt out of a hole is that you got to go somewhere with the dirt. Fortunately the house that I'm building this particular building is on 88 acres of land and I have lots of place to just spread the dirt out. There are low spots here and there and most of the dirt is very heavy clay and so it needs to be spread out anyway. It wouldn't grow much on it right now so it just needs to be out in places in low places in the field. Perhaps use it as a dam for a couple of ponds later on. "
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