I was actually not planning on using wood for the redo, It's a poor choice to use on the exterrior in florida, I was thinking of making a wall, Then filling in the area between the house and the wall with some sand to a certain level and then having concrete poured over it. It eliminates this problem once and for all, For structural support I was going to install a brick support column

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed