I'm with John. Wet heavy dirt will do amazing things.
I'm surprised you only have rebar every 2'. We install that on a foundation with no dirt against it and 36" tall, plus ladder wire, a header block with horizontal rebar on top and fill the foundation cells with concrete.
Roofing paper will last weeks if not days and will not be waterproof, with all the button caps needed to hold it down from wind.
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Originally Posted by john70t
(sorry to be the party pooper but..)
If that is really a 6ft wall of unsupported dirt..
With mountain of dirt uphill..
And the wall is not triple thick with rebar and poured centers and 5 layers of of rubberized barrier and internal steel pilings and every other imaginable reinforcement again mudslides and water infiltration..
stop right there and take care of it while it's still just a bunch of blocks.
Those 100 year floods are just about every other year these days.
Plan for the worst. The future. Build 10x over.
Then you can rest easy.
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It looks like you'll need a retaining wall on the right side of the foundation. I'd also clear behind the foundation and grade the dirt to force water away from the foundation and maybe around to the low side on the left. You'll probably need a retaining wall as well there to hold the dirt back.
