Hi ! Welcome to the forum !
The wall went well. They actually have two pictures of of the wall we built on their website now. Our customer was really happy. The Sutter Company was great to deal with !
We actually built three separate walls. It took my brother and myself 7 days total. Including excavating and backfill. It was slower than I had hoped but there is a learning curve. I'm sure we'll get faster the more we do. I think if it was a trail or some thing that you could not see the face of the wall it might go faster but , this was more decorative and you could see any screwup we made so , we took extra care to get every thing plum and square. There is a little forgiveness built into the system but keeping the H post and rebar plum and level as you use the 90 lb jack hammer to drive them in , IS A BITCH ! Well not really but it is slow. Like I said , if you're not going to see the face of the wall it may not be so bad but it will throw off your lumber cut and count. We learned the top rail cap is what every thing is measured on , for length and spacing , or you will be cutting and modifying at the end of the wall.
Overall we would definitely be willing to build more. It turned out very pretty ( yes , I said pretty ) and
the home owner loved it. It did cost more in time and labor but that's my fault as I said before , learning curve. We have certainly worked harder on other projects before. Now as cost , compared to other decorative retaining walls in my area , this is more expensive so you defiantly have to WANT it verses need it. Just my opinion.
