Thanks for the insights, that makes perfect sense, and yeah, I will be leaning on the experience of the excavator operator entirely.

Is there a reference for this or a building/engineering guide that I can read into more about this? Reason I ask is that all the sandstone block retaining walls I've…

Awesome thank you.
Also in pursuit of learning and my own curiosity, what's the long version of your 'in short' comment. I'd love to hear the theory behind your approval…

Hi all,
I'm building a retaining set of stepped retaining walls on the front of my slopping property.
My question: is it reasonable to cut away 400mm of earth…