u/RuthIessChicken

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Who do I contact to help fix this redneck engineering and erosion?

My property has a wet weather creek that funnels storm water through a city easement. The previous owners of my were some real redneck engineer wizards and now their work is collapsing. It’s a “retaining wall” and part of the concrete slab they poured almost completely up to creek.

I’m not sure who I would contact to begin to address this situation. My gut instinct is to have the wall and the slab removed which would make the carport a casualty or require it to be moved back about 6 feet. I’m not in a financial situation to spend tens of thousands of dollars to save this if I could spend a few thousand to just remove the concrete and be done with it, assuming erosion won’t completely eat my backyard.

Photos here: https://www.reddit.com/r/landscaping/s/GxbFP8z4NW

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u/RuthIessChicken — 4 hours ago
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Who do I contact for help?

My property has a wet weather creek that funnels storm water through a city easement. The previous owners of my were some real redneck engineer wizards and now their work is collapsing. It’s a “retaining wall” and part of the concrete slab they poured almost completely up to creek.

I’m not sure who I would contact to begin to address this situation. My gut instinct is to have the wall and the slab removed which would make the carport a casualty or require it to be moved back about 6 feet. I’m not in a financial situation to spend tens of thousands of dollars to save this if I could spend a few thousand to just remove the concrete and be done with it, assuming erosion won’t completely eat my backyard.

u/RuthIessChicken — 1 day ago