{"id":7681,"date":"2020-06-30T14:36:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T14:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/?p=7681"},"modified":"2020-07-04T20:04:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T20:04:24","slug":"broken-retaining-wall-meadowbrook-terrace-streambank-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/broken-retaining-wall-meadowbrook-terrace-streambank-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"Broken Retaining Wall: Meadowbrook Terrace Streambank Restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Streambank Restoration project promised to get rid of the retaining wall that had turned into a retaining dam.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The project will also consist of\u2026 removing the retaining wall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hendersonville.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapJournal\/index.html?appid=42e171fcd1e3433b8180060d5d2ad3c7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">City of Hendersonville \u2013 Engineering Department<br \/>\nMulti-Area Streambank Restoration<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7655\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7655\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7655\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wall-pipe-b.jpg?resize=500%2C375&ssl=1\" alt=\"The pipe directed water to the other side of the retaining wall and washed away all the soil.\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The pipe directed water to the other side of the retaining wall and washed away all the soil.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The neighbor\u2019s basement floods when it rains.<br \/>\nThe owner put in a pump to drain the water from the basement into the yard.<br \/>\nInstead of piping it to the brook, he piped it to a few feet from the brook.<br \/>\nThe flow of water eroded a trench from the pipe to the brook, but then was stopped by the retaining wall.<\/p>\n<p>The water created a trench and eroded the other side of the retaining wall.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7659\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7659\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7659\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wall-a.jpg?resize=375%2C500&ssl=1\" alt=\"When the first part of the retaining wall collapsed, it blocked the water, so it began to cut under more of the wall, which then collapsed.\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When the first part of the retaining wall collapsed, it blocked the water, so it began to cut under more of the wall, which then collapsed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Eventually the wall collapsed and dammed the brook.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7658\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7658\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7658\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wall-b.jpg?resize=500%2C375&ssl=1\" alt=\"The wall collapsed into the cane, blocking the stream.\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The wall collapsed into the cane, blocking the stream.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Flood debris snagged into the collapsed wall, so the water swirled and undercut more of the wall.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7657\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7657\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wall-pipe.jpg?resize=500%2C375&ssl=1\" alt=\"The brook was diverted under what remained of the wall and the original area turned into a caney swamp.\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The brook was diverted under what remained of the wall and the original area turned into a caney swamp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Until finally most of the wall collapsed and blocked the original brook. The water flowed under and over the wall and most of the brook was on the other side of the retaining wall.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7656\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7656\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7656\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wall-pipe-a.jpg?resize=500%2C375&ssl=1\" alt=\"The retaining wall collapsed, blocking the original stream flow.\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The retaining wall collapsed, blocking the original stream flow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More and more of the man\u2019s yard collapsed and it was a real mess.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Meadowbrook Terrace Streambank Restoration<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/meadowbrook-terrace-streambank-restoration\/\">Meadowbrook Terrace Streambank Restoration Plan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/comet-drive-streambank-restoration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Comet Drive Streambank Restoration Plan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/meadowbrook-terrace-streambank-restoration-2\/\">The Out of Control Bamboo or Cane<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/broken-retaining-wall-meadowbrook-terrace-streambank-restoration\/\">The Broken Retaining Wall<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/patton-park-meadowbrook-terrace-streambank-restoration\/\">Pond & Streambank Restoration at Patton Park<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/meadowbrook-terrace-streambank-restoration-day-1\/\">Day 1 Restoring the Streambank at the Log Cabin<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/meadowbrook-terrace-streambank-restoration-day-2\/\">Day 2 Restoring the Streambank at the Log Cabin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Streambank Restoration project promised to get rid of the retaining wall that had turned into a retaining dam. The project will also consist of\u2026 removing the retaining wall. City of Hendersonville \u2013 Engineering Department Multi-Area Streambank Restoration The neighbor\u2019s basement floods when it rains.&nbsp;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/broken-retaining-wall-meadowbrook-terrace-streambank-restoration\/\">&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gardens","category-log-cabin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/featured_retaining_wall.jpg?fit=810%2C431&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7690,"url":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/meadowbrook-terrace-streambank-restoration-day-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":7681,"position":0},"title":"Meadowbrook Terrace Streambank Restoration Day 1","author":"Carla","date":"July 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"We had pretty much given up on their ever showing up to work on the Streambank Restoration by our log cabin. 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The pumps were set up again and the brook was nearly dry. Now they were up to the bamboo roots. It took us a while to figure out what they were\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Gardens&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Gardens","link":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/category\/gardens\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Meadowbrook Terrace Streambank Restoration Day 2","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/featured_meadowbrook.jpg?fit=810%2C431&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/featured_meadowbrook.jpg?fit=810%2C431&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/featured_meadowbrook.jpg?fit=810%2C431&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/featured_meadowbrook.jpg?fit=810%2C431&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7684,"url":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/patton-park-meadowbrook-terrace-streambank-restoration\/","url_meta":{"origin":7681,"position":3},"title":"Patton Park: Meadowbrook Terrace Streambank Restoration","author":"Carla","date":"June 30, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"We waited and waited and finally they came and surveyed for the project. 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