{"id":907,"date":"2017-09-09T10:21:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T18:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buildingfromscratch.com\/?p=907"},"modified":"2017-09-08T12:24:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T20:24:25","slug":"back-yard-grading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buildingfromscratch.com\/index.php\/2017\/09\/09\/back-yard-grading\/","title":{"rendered":"Back yard grading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The excavators came last week to start the back yard grading.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-908\" src=\"http:\/\/buildingfromscratch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_6188-1280x793.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buildingfromscratch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_6188-1280x793.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/buildingfromscratch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_6188-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/buildingfromscratch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_6188-768x476.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the back of our house to the back lot line, we have 2-3 feet of elevation gain that we have to account for.\u00a0\u00a0 In our case, we plan to break the elevation behind the pool, but in front of our back yard pool cabana.\u00a0 We will add a retaining wall in most places to break the grade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The excavators came last week to start the back yard grading. 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